
eccentric | eccentric: adj. 1 unconventional, unusual, uncommon, idiosyncratic, anomalous, unorthodox, out of the ordinary, irregular, atypical, incongruous, errant, aberrant, exceptional, individual, singular, unique; abnormal, odd, peculiar, strange, curious, bizarre, outlandish, queer, quaint, quirky, weird, offbeat, Colloq far-out, kinky, cranky: Yes, I would agree that walking a canary is a bit eccentric. --n. 2 original, individualist, nonconformist, queer fellow, odd fish, Colloq character, card, freak, (nut) case, crank, oddball, weirdo or weirdie, US oner: In today''s conformist society, anyone who isn''t a carbon copy of his neighbour is regarded as an eccentric.
eccentricity | eccentricity: n. 1 unconventionality, unusualness, uncommonness, irregularity, nonconformity, individuality, individualism, singularity, uniqueness, strangeness, oddness, bizarreness, distinctiveness, capriciousness, weirdness: Why should someone be criticized for eccentricity? 2 idiosyncrasy, quirk, peculiarity, mannerism, crotchet, aberration, anomaly, oddity, curiosity, caprice: Eating crackers in bed is only one of her eccentricities.
echo | echo: n. 1 reverberation, repercussion, repetition, iteration, reiteration: The echo of the church bells could be heard throughout the valley. 2 imitation, copy, replica or replication, duplication, reproduction, simulation, facsimile; reflection, mirror image, repetition: Modern Rome is but a feeble echo of its glorious past. --v. 3 resound, reverberate, ring: The hall echoed with children''s laughter. 4 imitate, ape, parrot, mimic, copy, duplicate, reproduce, simulate, repeat, emulate, mirror, reflect: The poems are unoriginal and merely echo the works of others.
eclipse | eclipse: v. 1 conceal, hide, blot out, obscure, block, veil, shroud, cover, darken: A black cloud eclipsed the moon. 2 overshadow, obscure, surpass, top, outshine: His career was eclipsed by his wife''s brilliant successes. --n. 3 concealment, covering, hiding, blocking, blockage, occultation, obscuring, obscuration, darkening, shading, dimming: Though good may suffer an eclipse, it can never be extinguished. 4 decline, downturn, slump; recession: After the scandal, her career went into eclipse.
economic | economic: adj. 1 financial, fiscal, pecuniary, monetary, budgetary; commercial, mercantile, trade: The economic indicators for July affected the markets. 2 profitable, cost-effective, money-making, remunerative, productive; solvent: Increased demand for our products has made the company economic.
economical | economical: adj. 1 cost-effective, money-saving, thrifty, unwasteful; cheap, inexpensive, reasonable; economic: This car is very economical to run. 2 provident, thrifty, sparing, economizing, prudent, conservative, frugal; parsimonious, penurious, stingy, cheap, miserly, niggardly, tight, close-fisted, tight-fisted, mean, penny-pinching, scrimping: Aunt Gertrude was always a very economical housekeeper.
economize | economize: v. save, cut back, husband, retrench; tighten one''s belt, cut corners or costs, scrimp, skimp, pinch pennies: Without the extra income, we''ll have to economize on something.
economy | economy: n. 1 thrift, husbandry, thriftiness, conservation, conservatism, saving, restraint, control, frugality: We''ll have to exercise economy to get through the winter. 2 brevity, briefness, succinctness, terseness, conciseness, concision, compactness, restraint, curtness: He manages to get his ideas across with an admirable economy of language.
ecstasy | ecstasy: n. 1 delight, joy, rapture, bliss, transport, nympholepsy or nympholepsia, happiness, gladness, elation, pleasure, enjoyment, gratification; heaven on earth: The prospect of being with her again filled me with ecstasy. 2 exaltation, frenzy, thrill, elation, paroxysm, excitement: The ecstasy of space flight is impossible to describe.
ecstatic | ecstatic: adj. exhilarated, thrilled, exultant, blissful, euphoric, rapturous, enraptured, nympholeptic, enchanted, transported, rhapsodic, excited, elated, delighted, joyful, gleeful, overjoyed, happy, glad, beside oneself, delirious, orgasmic, Colloq on cloud nine, Brit over the moon, in the seventh heaven, cock-a-hoop, US in seventh heaven, flying: Our team had won an Olympic gold medal, and we were truly ecstatic.
