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| Main Entry: | loony |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | crazy |
| Synonyms: | ape, barmy, batty, berserk, bonkers*, cracked, crazed, cuckoo, daffy*, daft, delirious, demented, deranged, flaky, flipped out, insane, kooky, lunatic, mad, maniacal, mental*, nuts, nutty, out of one's mind, out to lunch, psycho, screwball*, screwy*, silly, touched*, unbalanced, wacky |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | absurd |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | ridiculous, senseless |
| Synonyms: | batty, crazy, daffy, flaky*, foolish, goofy*, idiotic, illogical, inane, incongruous, irrational, laughable, loony, ludicrous, nonsensical, nutty, off the wall, preposterous, sappy*, screwy*, silly, stupid, unreasonable, wacky, campy, dippy, fooling around, for grins, freaky, gagged up, jokey, joshing, tomfool |
| Antonyms: | certain, logical, rational, reasonable, sensible, wise |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | comic/comical |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | amusing |
| Synonyms: | Mickey Mouse, absurd, batty, boffo, camp*, comical, crazy, dippy, diverting, dizzy, droll, entertaining, facetious, farcical, flaky*, fool, foolheaded, for grins, freaky, funny, gelastic, goofus, goofy, gump, horse's tail, humorous, ironic, jerky, jocular, joking, joshing, laughable, light, loony, ludicrous, nutty, off the wall, priceless, ridiculous, risible, schtick, screwy, side-splitting, silly, wacky, waggish, whimsical, witty |
| Antonyms: | sad, serious, sober, solemn, tragic, unfunny |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | dotty |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | crazy |
| Synonyms: | absurd, daft, demented, disturbed, eccentric, foolish, goofy*, loony*, nuts*, nutty, odd, peculiar, queer, ridiculous, strange, twisted, unconventional, weird, mentally unbalanced |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | foolish |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | nonsensical, idiotic |
| Synonyms: | absurd, asinine, brainless, crazy, daffy*, daft, dotty*, fantastic, fatuous, feebleminded*, half-baked*, half-witted*, harebrained*, ill-advised, imprudent, incautious, indiscreet, injudicious, insane, irrational, jerky*, loony*, ludicrous, lunatic, mad, moronic, nutty*, preposterous, ridiculous, senseless, short-sighted, silly, simple, stupid, unintelligent, unreasonable, unwise, wacky*, weak, witless, zany*, cockamamy, dippy, doltish, ill-considered, imbecilic, kooky, nerdy |
| Antonyms: | careful, cautious, circumspect, prudent, sensible, serious, thoughtful, wise, unfoolish |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | harebrained |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | stupid, unthinking |
| Synonyms: | absurd, asinine, barmy, bizarre, careless, changeable, crazy, dizzy*, empty-headed*, featherbrained*, flighty, foolish, frivolous, giddy, half-baked*, heedless, inane, irresponsible, loony*, mindless, preposterous, rash, reckless, scatterbrained*, unstable, unsteady, wacky*, wild, rattlebrained |
| Antonyms: | brainy, intelligent, reasonable, sensible, smart, thoughtful |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | insane |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | mentally ill; foolish |
| Synonyms: | batty*, bizarre, cracked*, crazed, crazy, cuckoo*, daft, demented, derailed, deranged, fatuous, frenzied, idiotic, impractical, irrational, irresponsible, loony*, lunatic, mad, maniacal, mental, moonstruck, nuts*, nutty*, of unsound mind, off one's rocker, out of one's mind, paranoid, preposterous, psychopathic, psychotic, rabid, raging, raving, schizophrenic, screwy, senseless, touched, unhinged, unsettled, wild |
| Notes: | inane means silly, lacking significance or insubstantial; insane means mentally deranged, mad or very foolish |
| Antonyms: | balanced, healthy, rational, reasonable, sane, sound, well |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | irrational |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | illogical, senseless |
| Synonyms: | aberrant, absurd, brainless, crazy, delirious, demented, disconnected, disjointed, distraught, fallacious, flaky*, foolish, incoherent, injudicious, insane, invalid, loony*, mad, mindless, nonsensical, nutty*, preposterous, raving, ridiculous, silly, specious, stupid, unreasonable, unsound, unstable, unthinking, unwise, wacky*, wild, wrong, cockamamie, freaky, kooky, off-the-wall, reasonless, sophistic, unreasoning |
| Antonyms: | logical, rational, reasonable, reflective, sensible, sound, stable |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | jovial |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | happy |
| Synonyms: | affable, airy, amiable, animated, blithe, buoyant, cheery, chipper, companionable, convivial, cordial, daffy*, delightful, dizzy*, enjoyable, facetious, festive, gay, glad, gleeful, good-natured, hilarious, humorous, jocose, jocund, jolly, jubilant, lighthearted, loony, merry, mirthful, nutty*, pleasant, sociable, bantering, blithesome, bouncy, chaffing, chirpy, conversable, festal, jokey, jollying, joshing, larking, lots of laughs, off-the-wall |
| Antonyms: | sad, unhappy |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | maniac |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | person who is crazy, overenthusiastic |
| Synonyms: | bigot, crackpot*, enthusiast, fan, fanatic, fiend, flake*, freak, kook*, loony*, lunatic, madperson, nut*, psycho, psychopath, screwball*, zealot, Section 8, bedlamite, fruitcake, loon, nutcase, schizoid |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | moron |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | stupid person |
| Synonyms: | blockhead*, boob*, dimwit, dolt, dope*, dumbbell*, dummy*, dunce, fool, idiot, ignoramus, imbecile, loony*, loser*, nerd*, simpleton, addlepate, dingbat, dork, halfwit, lamebrain*, mental defective |
| Antonyms: | brain |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | nuts/nutty |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | mentally deranged |
| Synonyms: | absurd, batty*, bedlamite, cracked*, crazy, daffy, daft, demented, eccentric, enthusiastic, foolish, gung ho*, harebrained*, insane, irrational, keen, kooky, loony, lunatic, mad, out of one's mind, ridiculous, touched, unusual, wacky*, warm, zealous |
| Antonyms: | balanced, calm, sane, well |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | sappy |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | foolish, sentimental |
| Synonyms: | absurd, balmy, crazy*, idiotic, illogical, insane, loony*, maudlin, mushy*, preposterous, silly, sticky*, stupid, bathetic, drippy, slushy, soppy |
| Antonyms: | realistic, serious |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | wacky |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | acting crazy |
| Synonyms: | absurd, balmy, crazed, crazy, daft, demented, deranged, eccentric, erratic, foolish, insane, irrational, loony*, lunatic, mad, nuts*, nutty*, odd, preposterous, screwy*, silly, unpredictable, wild, zany*, hare-brained |
| Antonyms: | calm, collected |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | witless |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | foolish |
| Synonyms: | absurd, asinine, brainless, crazy, daffy*, dotty*, dumb, feebleminded*, half-baked*, half-witted*, harebrained*, idiotic, ill-advised, irrational, jerky*, loony*, ludicrous, lunatic, mad, mindless, moronic, nonsensical, nutty*, ridiculous, senseless, silly, stupid, unintelligent, unwise, wacky*, zany*, birdbrained, cockamamy, doltish, kooky |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | zany |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | crazy, funny |
| Synonyms: | camp*, comical, dumb, eccentric, fool, foolish, goofy, humorous, loony*, madcap*, nutty*, sappy*, wacky*, witty, campy, clownish, hare-brained, joshing, kooky |
| Antonyms: | serious |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | comical |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | amusing |
| Synonyms: | Mickey Mouse, absurd, batty, camp, comic, comical, dizzy, droll, entertaining, facetious, farcical, flaky, fool, fool around, funny, goofy, humorous, ironic, jerky, jocular, joking, laughable, light, loony, ludicrous, nutty, priceless, ridiculous, risible, screwy, silly, wacky, waggish, whimsical, witty, boffo, crazy shtick, dippy, diverting, fool-headed, freaky, gelastic, goofus, gump, joshing, side-splitting |
| Antonyms: | grave, sad, serious, solemn, tragic, unfunny |
| Main Entry: | madperson |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | nut |
| Synonyms: | crazy person, cuckoo, deranged, idiot, imbecile, loony, lunatic, madman, maniac, nut, oddball, patient, psycho, psychopath, psychotic, screwball, bedlamite, dement, loon, madwoman, mental case, nutcase, raver |
| Main Entry: | mentally ill |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | unwell in the mind |
| Synonyms: | cracked, crazed, crazy, cuckoo, daft, demented, deranged, insane, loco, loony, lunatic, mad, not of sound mind, nuts, nutty, off one's rocker, out of one's mind, paranoid, psycho, psychopathic, psychotic, schizophrenic, touched, unbalanced |
| Main Entry: | nutty |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | deranged |
| Synonyms: | absurd, batty, buggy, cracked, crazy, daffy, daft, demented, eccentric, enthusiastic, foolish, gung ho, harebrained, insane, irrational, keen, loony, lunatic, mad, nuts, ridiculous, touched, unusual, wacky, warm, zealous, bedlamite, cockamamie, kooky, potty |
| Antonyms: | sane |
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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