eccentricity

Other forms of eccentricity

plural

eccentricities·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about eccentricity

What does eccentricity mean?

eccentricity means "strange and unconventional behavior". That is the primary sense; the word has 3 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in eccentricity?

eccentricity has 5 syllables: ec-cen-tric-i-ty. The stress falls on "tric". In IPA it is /ˌɛksənˈtɹɪsəti/.

What is the opposite of eccentricity?

The recorded antonyms are concentricity.

Is eccentricity a common word?

eccentricity is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

What rhymes with eccentricity?

1 word rhymes with eccentricity. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.