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| 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 |
| Notes: | a maniac is an insane person, while manic means affected with or marked by frenzy or mania uncontrolled by reason |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | bigot |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | intolerant, prejudiced person |
| Synonyms: | chauvinist, diehard, doctrinaire, enthusiast, extremist, fanatic, fiend, maniac, partisan, puritan, racist, sectarian, stickler, zealot, dogmatist, monomaniac, opinionated person, persecutor, segregationist, sexist, superpatriot |
| Antonyms: | humanitarian, liberal, tolerator |
| Main Entry: | crazed |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | insane |
| Synonyms: | berserk, certifiable, crazy, demented, deranged, frenzied, hysterical, lunatic, mad, maniac, manic, mental*, out of one's mind, psychopathic, raving |
| Antonyms: | sane |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | demented |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | crazy, insane |
| Synonyms: | bananas, bemused, crackbrained, daft, delirious, deranged, distracted, distraught, flipped out, foolish, frenzied, fruity, hysterical, idiotic, in the ozone, lunatic, mad, maniac, maniacal, manic, non compos mentis, nutty as a fruitcake, out of one's gourd, out of one's tree, psycho, psychopathic, psychotic, schitzy, schizoid, unbalanced, unglued, unhinged*, unsound, whacko |
| Antonyms: | balanced, rational, reasonable, sane, sensible |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | deranged |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | crazy, insane |
| Synonyms: | ape*, baked*, berserk, cracked*, crazed, delirious, demented, disconcerted, disordered, displaced, distracted, dotty*, frantic, frenzied, fried*, irrational, lunatic, mad, maniac, maniacal, nuts*, perplexed, unbalanced, unhinged*, unsettled, unsound, bananas, disarranged, flipped, flipped out, loco, maddened, schizzo, unglued, unscrewed, unzipped, whacko |
| Antonyms: | balanced, calm, sane, ok |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | enthusiast |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | person active in interest |
| Synonyms: | addict, admirer, aficionado, believer, buff, bug*, bum*, devotee, eccentric, fan, fanatic, follower, freak, habitué, lover, maniac, nut*, optimist, participant, partisan, supporter, votary, worshiper, zealot, monomaniac, rooter |
| Antonyms: | critic, detractor, pessimist |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | fanatic |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | person overenthusiastic about an interest |
| Synonyms: | addict, bigot, bug*, crank*, crazy, demon, devotee, enthusiast, extremist, fiend*, fool, freak, maniac, militant, nut*, radical, visionary, zealot, activist, monomaniac, ultraist |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | lunatic |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | crazy, mad |
| Synonyms: | absurd, baked*, balmy*, bonkers*, cracked, crazed, daft, demented, deranged, flaky*, foolish, fried*, idiotic, insane, irrational, maniac, maniacal, nonsensical, nutty*, preposterous, psychotic, screwy*, stupid, unsound, zany, bananas, dippy, flipped out, freaked out, kooky, loco, psyched out, schizoid, whacko |
| Antonyms: | healthy, sane, sensible |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | lunatic |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | person who is crazy, mad |
| Synonyms: | crackpot*, crank, cuckoo*, flake*, kook*, maniac, neurotic, nut*, paranoid, psycho, psychopath, psychotic, demoniac, fruitcake, lamebrain*, loon, scatterbrain, schizophrenic, sociopathic |
| Antonyms: | sane |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | mad person |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | person who is considered mentally ill |
| Synonyms: | crazy person, demented, deranged, idiot, imbecile, lunatic, maniac, patient, psycho, psychopath, psychotic, sociopath, bedlamite, loon, mental case, raver, schizophrenic |
| Main Entry: | psychopath |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | person who is mentally deranged, often prone to hurt others |
| Synonyms: | insane person, lunatic, mad person, maniac, psycho, psychotic, sociopath, antisocial personality, mental case, nutcase, schizoid, unstable personality |
| Main Entry: | sociopath |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | psychopath |
| Synonyms: | crazy person, insane person, lunatic, mad person, maniac, psycho, psychotic, antisocial personality, deranged person, schizoid |
| Main Entry: | unhinged |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | demented |
| Synonyms: | bananas, batty*, berserk, bonkers*, confused, crazed, crazy*, deranged, disturbed, insane, loopy, lunatic, mad, maniac, manic, mental*, out of one's mind, out to lunch, touched*, unbalanced |
| Antonyms: | sane, stable |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | zealot |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | enthusiast |
| Synonyms: | diehard, extremist, fanatic, fiend, maniac, militant, nut, radical, ultra*, young Turk, activist |
| Antonyms: | moderate |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | crazy person |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | insane person |
| Synonyms: | lunatic, maniac, nut, psychopath, sociopath, deranged person, nut case |
| Main Entry: | insane person |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | mentally deranged person |
| Synonyms: | lunatic, madman, maniac, neurotic, dement, fruitcake, head case, madwoman, mental defective, non compos, nutter, raving lunatic |
| 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: | madman |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | lunatic |
| Synonyms: | crazy person, cuckoo*, maniac, nut*, oddball*, psycho*, psychopath, psychotic*, screwball*, bedlamite, crazyman*, deranged person, insane man, looney*, nutcase*, psychiatric patient, raver |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | delirious |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | mentally imbalanced |
| Synonyms: | aberrant, bewildered, confused, crazed, crazy, demented, deranged, deviant, deviate, disarranged, disordered, distracted, disturbed, flipped, flipped out, hallucinatory, incoherent, insane, irrational, lightheaded, lunatic, mad, maniac, maniacal, manic, off one's head, out of one's head, out of one's skull, rambling, raving, unhinged, unreasonable, unsettled, wandering |
| Antonyms: | balanced, collected, normal, sane |
| Main Entry: | furious |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | extremely angry, very mad |
| Synonyms: | bent*, beside oneself*, boiling*, crazed, demented, desperate, enraged, fierce, fit to be tied*, frantic, frenetic, frenzied, incensed, infuriated, insane, irrational, livid, maniac, rabid, raging, unreasonable, up in arms*, vehement, vicious, violent, wrathful, bent out of shape, browned off, bummed out, corybantic, fuming, hacked, hopping mad, maddened, on the warpath, smoking, steamed |
| Antonyms: | cheerful, elated, excited, exhilarated, happy, pleased |
* = informal/non-formal usage
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
Copyright © 2009 by the Philip Lief Group.
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