head case

head case

noun

Definition of HEAD CASE

: nut 6a

Examples of HEAD CASE

1. Her brother's a real head case.
2. <while serving in the military hospital's psychiatric unit, he got to observe a wide variety of head cases>

First Known Use of HEAD CASE

1966

Related to HEAD CASE

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

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: conformer, conformist, follower, sheep

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