Antonyms for eccentric

Grammar : Adj, noun

Spell : ik-sen-trik, ek-

Phonetic Transcription : ɪkˈsɛn trɪk, ɛk-

Definition of eccentric

Origin : early 15c., "eccentric circle or orbit," originally a term in Ptolemaic astronomy, "circle or orbit not having the Earth precisely at its center," from Middle French eccentrique and directly from Medieval Latin eccentricus (noun and adjective), from Greek ekkentros "out of the center" (as opposed to concentric), from ek "out" (see ex-) + kentron "center" (see center (n.)). Meaning "odd or whimsical person" attested by 1824.
June 4 [1800].--Died in the streets in Newcastle, William Barron, an eccentric, well known for many years by the name of Billy Pea-pudding. [John Sykes, "Local Records, or Historical Register of Remarkable Events which have Occurred Exclusively in the Counties of Durham and Northumberland, Town and County of Newcastle Upon Tyne, and Berwick Upon Tweed," Newcastle, 1824]

adj bizarre, unusual
noun person who is bizarre, unusual

Example sentences :

Eccentric, they call me; as if Nature and beauty were abnormal!
Extract from : « The Bacillus of Beauty » by Harriet Stark

I was wearing the eccentric costume of an Englishwoman in the year 1820.
Extract from : « My Double Life » by Sarah Bernhardt

Eccentric she was, as I afterward found—as I thought when I first saw her.
Extract from : « The First Violin » by Jessie Fothergill

"No, but I was wondering about the condition of the roads," replied the eccentric man.
Extract from : « Tom Swift and his Electric Runabout » by Victor Appleton

A groove should be cut in the surface of the eccentric, so that this strap will not slip off.
Extract from : « Boys' Book of Model Boats » by Raymond Francis Yates

This set-screw is used to hold the eccentric to the crank-shaft.
Extract from : « Boys' Book of Model Boats » by Raymond Francis Yates

At the proper intervals the valve is pulled down by the eccentric C.
Extract from : « Boys' Book of Model Boats » by Raymond Francis Yates

He was eccentric and irregular in his habits and quite ignorant of the steam engine.
Extract from : « The Age of Invention » by Holland Thompson

The stem is eccentric, lateral, very short or lacking altogether.
Extract from : « The Mushroom, Edible and Otherwise » by M. E. Hard

Of these eccentric thinkers there have been various types, but they have all a family likeness.
Extract from : « Theaetetus » by Plato

Synonyms for eccentric

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