eccentrics
Charmingly unusual people
Eccentrics are people who behave in unconventional or peculiar ways—those who deviate from social norms in dress, habits, or thought.
The term carries affection or admiration more often than criticism: The neighborhood had its share of harmless eccentrics.
In mechanical contexts, an eccentric is a disk or wheel mounted off-center, used to convert rotary motion to reciprocating motion.
Independent-minded rule-breaker
- bohemianArtistic nonconformist type
- rebelAuthority defier
- iconoclastAttacker of cherished beliefs
- individualistOne who values autonomy
outsider · misfit · renegade · contrarian · oddball · freethinker · dissident · heretic
Playfully fanciful or erratic
- kookyOddball in manner
- zanyAmusingly absurd
- offbeatPleasantly strange or unusual
- wackyAmusingly eccentric
peculiar · idiosyncratic · unconventional · droll · screwball · oddball · weirdo · flaky
Person of rare brilliance
- inventorCreator of original devices
- pioneerEarly explorer or settler
- innovatorCreator of new methods
- trailblazerFirst to forge ahead
revolutionary · creative · dreamer · futurist · thinker · savant · prodigy · polymath
Fashion-obsessed gentleman
- fopVain male clotheshorse
- dilettanteSuperficial pursuer of arts
- aestheteLover of the beautiful
- collectorOne who gathers items
recluse · hermit · aristocrat · blueblood · dowager · heiress · patron · connoisseur
maverick
Independent-minded rule-breaker
- bohemianArtistic nonconformist type
- rebelAuthority defier
- iconoclastAttacker of cherished beliefs
individualist · outsider · misfit · renegade · contrarian · oddball · freethinker · dissident · heretic · anarchist
whimsical
Playfully fanciful or erratic
wacky · peculiar · idiosyncratic · unconventional · droll · screwball · oddball · weirdo · flaky · crackpot
genius
Person of rare brilliance
trailblazer · revolutionary · creative · dreamer · futurist · thinker · savant · prodigy · polymath · autodidact
dandy
Fashion-obsessed gentleman
- fopVain male clotheshorse
- dilettanteSuperficial pursuer of arts
- aestheteLover of the beautiful
collector · recluse · hermit · aristocrat · blueblood · dowager · heiress · patron · connoisseur · antiquarian
- Nonconformistsnonconformist, rebels, rebel, misfits, misfit
- troublemakerstroublemaker, rascals, delinquents, imps, brats
- intellectualsscholar, intellectual, academic, thinker, philosopher
- Southern GothicWilliam Faulkner, Flannery O'Connor, Tennessee Williams, Truman Capote, grotesque
- literary outsiderscounterculture, peripheral
eccentricsconformists
Those obeying social norms
conventionalists · traditionalists · straight arrows · squares · followers
eccentricstraditionalists
Upholders of established customs
normies · conservatives · dogmatists · stuffed shirts · dullards
- eccentric geniusPeculiar person of brilliance
- eccentric charactersUnusual, peculiar personalities
- eccentric orbitNon-circular celestial path