Synonyms of cracked

cracked 1 of 2

adjective

ˈkrakt 

as in nuts

having or showing a very abnormal or sick state of mind

are you completely cracked?

Synonyms & Similar Words

• nuts
• psychotic
• mad
• lunatic
• insane
• mental
• crazy
• gaga
• disturbed
• maniac
• paranoid
• maniacal
• paranoidal
• crazed
• crackbrained
• cuckoo
• whacky
• demented
• psycho
• unbalanced
• strange
• deranged
• unhinged
• screwy
• ballistic
• depressed
• whacko
• non compos mentis
• around the bend
• looney
• out to lunch
• nutty
• loony tunes
• moonstruck
• touched
• certifiable
• haywire
• bats
• daffy
• wacko
• daft
• bedlam
• loony
• crackers
• foolish
• wacky
• obsessed
• eccentric
• unsound
• odd
• loco
• crackpot
• brainsick
• irrational
• scatty
• meshuga
• batty
• meshugah
• distraught
• off
• distracted
• looney tunes
• kooky
• meshugge
• bonkers
• barmy
• balmy
• tetched
• wud
• fruity
• bughouse
• kookie
• unreasonable
• cranky
• meshuggah
• hysteric
• off one's head
• out of one's mind
• off one's rocker
• disordered
• pixillated
• off one's gourd
• pixilated
• fey
• queer
• hysterical
• out of one's head
• schizophrenic
• neurotic
• loopy
• frantic
• nuclear
• paranoic
• schizoid
• sociopathic
• delirious
• delusional
• dotty
• aberrant
• oddball
• delusionary
• obsessive-compulsive
• paranoiac
• potty
• teched
• amuck
• berserk
• fixated
• wigged-out
• senseless
• witless
• ape
• raving
• bananas
• amok
• frenzied
• monomaniacal
• monomaniac

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• sound
• balanced
• clear
• reasonable
• sane
• compos mentis
• wise
• normal
• rational
• lucid
• sensible
• healthy
• uncrazy
• judicious
• well-adjusted
• unneurotic

cracked

2 of 2

verb

past tense of crack

1

as in popped

to break suddenly with an explosive sound

the tree branch unexpectedly cracked under our weight

Synonyms & Similar Words

• popped
• snapped
• shattered
• exploded
• crackled
• split
• bursted
• burst
• hissed
• sputtered
• rended
• clicked
• rent
• clattered
• sizzled
• rived
• clacked

2

as in choked

to yield to mental or emotional stress

after hours of tough questioning the suspect finally cracked and blurted out a confession

Synonyms & Similar Words

• choked
• lost it
• melted down
• fell apart
• flipped (out)
• went to pieces
• freaked (out)
• broke up
• broke down
• wigged (out)
• went off the deep end
• blew one's cool

3

as in deciphered

to change (as a secret message) from code into ordinary language

the United States military used the Navajo language as a code during World War II, and the enemy never cracked it

Synonyms & Similar Words

• deciphered
• broke
• decoded
• solved
• translated
• decrypted
• rendered
• unraveled
• worked
• wrought
• unscrambled
• worked out
• descrambled
• figured out
• puzzled (out)
• doped (out)
• unriddled

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• coded
• encoded
• encrypted
• ciphered
• enciphered
• garbled
• mixed (up)
• jumbled (up)

4

as in knocked

to deliver a blow to (someone or something) usually in a strong vigorous manner

cracked the bow of the ship with a champagne bottle

Synonyms & Similar Words

• knocked
• smacked
• slapped
• hit
• slammed
• punched
• banged
• whacked
• clapped
• pounded
• struck
• clipped
• swiped
• batted
• kicked
• bashed
• tapped
• thumped
• nailed
• licked
• hammered
• shoved
• poked
• busted
• boxed
• rapped
• pushed
• chopped
• pasted
• jabbed
• thwacked
• swatted
• zapped
• flicked
• bobbed
• clobbered
• socked
• slugged
• bopped
• clocked
• bludgeoned
• bumped
• smote
• stabbed
• clouted
• biffed
• tagged
• bonked
• clapt
• whaled
• belted
• bust
• walloped
• slogged
• battered
• stroked
• mangled
• scuffed
• pummeled
• beat
• stamped
• pummelled
• roughed
• mauled
• hung one on
• peppered
• buffeted
• lashed
• slashed
• bunged
• cuffed
• dumped
• laced
• jostled
• pelted
• whipped
• butted
• lambasted
• drubbed
• prodded
• kneed
• creamed
• pommelled
• decked
• levelled
• felled
• pommeled
• conked
• switched
• sapped
• floored
• thrashed
• knocked down
• leveled
• clubbed
• flailed
• bunted
• speared
• cudgelled
• flogged
• sucker punched
• cudgeled
• caned
• sledgehammered
• sledged
• bowled (down or over)
• beaned
• brained
• skulled
• rabbit-punched

5

as in solved

to find an answer for through reasoning

I've been mulling this riddle, but I just can't crack it

Synonyms & Similar Words

• solved
• unraveled
• answered
• resolved
• worked
• wrought
• worked out
• deciphered
• figured out
• broke
• puzzled (out)
• doped (out)
• riddled (out)
• concluded
• decided
• unriddled
• deduced
• gathered
• judged
• inferred
• guessed
• reasoned
• presumed
• straightened (out)
• assumed
• ironed out
• untied
• cleared (up)
• speculated
• conjectured
• divined
• decoded
• unscrambled
• untangled

6

as in disturbed

to cause to go insane or as if insane

cracked by years in solitary confinement, the prisoner could only maunder incoherently

Synonyms & Similar Words

• disturbed
• bothered
• distracted
• confused
• crazed
• unbalanced
• upset
• annoyed
• unhinged
• unsettled
• maddened
• deranged
• irritated
• frenzied
• locoed
• perturbed
• unstrung
• disquieted
• agitated
• vexed
• discomposed
• vext

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• settled
• soothed
• relaxed
• quieted
• calmed
• tranquilized
• tranquillized

Examples of cracked in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Adjective

Most are from the west Texas world of my childhood: laconic, plain-faithed people whose lives happened in gashes sewn shut with habit, and who—in that flat, cracked land, among its bristling cacti and thorn trees—seemed like animate instances of the landscape. —Christian Wiman, Harper’s Magazine , 14 Dec. 2022

In an instant, Reyes found herself on the aisle floor, staring up at caved-in ceiling panels and a cracked bathroom sign that was hanging. —Ben Finley, Anchorage Daily News, 19 Dec. 2022

Video showed the cracked eggs still had a yolk inside rather than a developing chick. —Salvador Hernandezstaff Writer, Los Angeles Times, 27 Feb. 2023

Finish the air fryer steak recipe with a sprinkle of fennel fronds and more cracked black pepper. —Katlyn Moncada, Better Homes & Gardens, 22 Feb. 2023