| Main Entry: | screwball |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | crazy person |
Synonyms: |
blockhead, bonehead, bozo, character, crackpot, dingbat, dumbbell, eccentric, fanatic, goof, kook, lunkhead, numbskull, nut, saphead |
| Main Entry: | crazy |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | mentally strange |
Synonyms: |
ape, barmy, bats in the belfry, batty, berserk, bonkers*, cracked, crazed, cuckoo, daft, delirious, demented, deranged, dingy*, dippy, erratic, flaky, flipped, flipped out, freaked out, fruity, idiotic, insane, kooky, lunatic, mad, mad as a March hare, mad as a hatter, maniacal, mental*, moonstruck, nuts, nutty, nutty as fruitcake, of unsound mind, out of one's mind, out of one's tree, out to lunch, potty, psycho, round the bend, schizo, screw loose, screwball, screwy, silly, touched*, unbalanced, unglued, unhinged, unzipped, wacky |
Antonyms: |
balanced, realistic, reasonable, responsible, sane, sensible, smart |
| Main Entry: | haywire |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | broken; crazy |
Synonyms: |
amiss, amok, batty, berserk, bonkers*, chaotic, confused, cracked, crazed, defective, disordered, disorganized, erratic, flipped, in a mess, in pieces, insane, mad, messy, nuts, orderless, out of order, out of whack, out to lunch, psycho, schizo, screwball, screwy, touched*, unbalanced, unglued, unhinged, wacky |
| Main Entry: | kook |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | eccentric person |
Synonyms: |
crackpot, crank, crazy*, dingbat, flake, fruitcake, lamebrain, lunatic, nut, screwball, wacko, weirdo |
| 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 |
| Main Entry: | maniac |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | person who is crazy, overenthusiastic |
Synonyms: |
Section 8, bedlamite, bigot, crackpot, enthusiast, fan, fanatic, fiend, flake, freak, fruitcake, kook, loon, loony, lunatic, madperson, nut*, nutcase, psycho, psychopath, schizoid, screwball, zealot |
| Notes: | a maniac is an insane person, while manic means affected with or marked by frenzy or mania uncontrolled by reason |
| Main Entry: | nut |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | crazy, overenthusiastic person |
Synonyms: |
bedlamite, bigot, crackpot, crank, dement, eccentric, fanatic, fiend, freak, harebrain, loony, lunatic, maniac, non compos mentis, screwball, zealot |
Antonyms: |
sane person |
| Main Entry: | oddity/oddball |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | person who is very different |
Synonyms: |
case*, character, duck*, eccentric, fish out of water, maverick, misfit, odd bird, original*, rara avis, screwball, weirdo* |
Antonyms: |
conservative, normal |
| Main Entry: | weirdo |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | freak, oddball |
Synonyms: |
case*, character, crackpot, eccentric, flake, fruitcake, geek*, misfit, nutcase, odd bird, screwball, strange bird |
| Main Entry: | zany |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | person who is wildly funny |
Synonyms: |
buffoon, card*, clown, comedian, comic, cutup, farceur, funny person, gag person, humorist, idiot, jester, joker, madcap, moron, nut*, practical joker, prankster, screwball, show-off, simpleton*, wag, wisecracker |