crazy

¹cra·zy

adjective \ˈkrā-zē\

cra·zi·ercra·zi·est

Definition of CRAZY

1

a : full of cracks or flaws : unsound <they were very crazy, wretched cabins — Charles Dickens>

b : crooked, askew

2

a : mad, insane <yelling like a crazy man>

b (1) : impractical <a crazy plan> (2) : erratic <crazy drivers>

c : being out of the ordinary : unusual <a taste for crazy hats>

3

a : distracted with desire or excitement <a thrill-crazy mob>

b : absurdly fond : infatuated <he's crazy about the girl>

c : passionately preoccupied : obsessed <crazy about boats>

— cra·zi·ly \-zə-lē\ adverb

— cra·zi·ness \-zē-nəs\ noun

— like crazy

: to an extreme degree <everyone dancing like crazy>

Examples of CRAZY

1. a hospital for crazy people
2. He's been acting kind of crazy lately.
3. There are a lot of crazy drivers on the streets.
4. You are crazy to have paid so much for this car.
5. You would be crazy not to accept their offer!
6. What a crazy thing to do!

First Known Use of CRAZY

1566

Related to CRAZY

Synonyms

absurd, bizarre, fantastic, fanciful, foolish, insane, nonsensical, preposterous, unreal, wild

Antonyms

realistic, reasonable

Related Words

implausible, inconceivable, incredible, unbelievable, unimaginable, unthinkable; extravagant, grotesque; bizarro, curious, eccentric, far-out, funny, kinky, kooky (also kookie), odd, outlandish, out-of-the-way, outré, peculiar, quaint, queer, queerish, quirky, screwy, strange, wacky (also whacky), way-out, weird; farcical, laughable, ludicrous, ridiculous; Alice-in-Wonderland, Kafkaesque, nightmarish; dreamlike, surreal

Near Antonyms

clear, lucid, rational, reasonable; judicious, sensible, wise; healthy, normal, well-adjusted; unneurotic

Other Psychology Terms

fetish, hypochondria, intelligence, mania, narcissism, neurosis, pathological, psychosis, schadenfreude, subliminal

Rhymes with CRAZY

daisy, hazy, lazy, mazy

²crazy

noun

plural cra·zies

Definition of CRAZY

: one who is or acts crazy; especially : such a one associated with a radical or extremist political cause

Examples of CRAZY

1. A bunch of crazies live there.
2. <one unsympathetic homeowner insisted that all homeless people are crazies>

First Known Use of CRAZY

1867

Related to CRAZY

Synonyms

bug, crackbrain, lunatic, fool, fruitcake, head case, loon, loony, maniac, nut, nutcase, nutter [British slang], psycho, psychopath, sickie, sicko, wacko (also whacko)

Antonyms

middle-of-the-roader, moderate

Related Words

madman, madwoman; abnormal, deviant; manic-depressive, monomaniac, mythomaniac, neurotic, obsessive, obsessive-compulsive, paranoid, psychoneurotic, psychotic, schizo, schizoid, schizophrene, schizophrenic, sociopath; character, codger, crack, crackpot, crank, eccentric, fantastic (also fantastical), flake, kook, oddball, oddity, original, quiz, screwball, tyke (also tike) [chiefly British], weirdo, zany; case, patient

Near Antonyms

conservative, fuddy-duddy, reactionary, rightist, standpatter, Tory, traditionalist

³crazy

adverb

Definition of CRAZY

: extremely, wildly <crazy good>

Examples of CRAZY

1. I bought some crazy good stuff there.

First Known Use of CRAZY

1887

cra·zy

adjective \ˈkrā-zē\   (Medical Dictionary)

craz·i·er; craz·i·est

Medical Definition of CRAZY

: mad 1, insane

—cra·zi·ly \-zə-lē\ (audio pronunciation) adverb

—cra·zi·ness \-zē-nəs\ (audio pronunciation) noun