nutcase

nut·case

noun \-ˌkās\

Definition of NUTCASE

: nut 6a

Examples of NUTCASE

1. <some nutcase was arrested for sending the threatening letters to the White House>
2. <around the condo complex she's known as the nutcase who consistently ignores the rules>

First Known Use of NUTCASE

1959

Related to NUTCASE

Synonyms

bug, crackbrain, crazy, fool, fruitcake, head case, loon, loony, maniac, nut, lunatic, 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

Rhymes with NUTCASE

abase, airspace, Alsace, ambsace, apace, backspace, best-case, biface, birthplace, blackface, boldface, bookcase, bootlace, braincase, briefcase, clubface, crankcase, cyclase, debase, deface, disgrace, displace, dogface, doughface, efface, embrace, emplace, encase, enchase, enlace, erase, euclase, firebase, fireplace, footpace, footrace, foreface, freebase, gyrase, half-space, hard case, headspace, hydrase, Jerez, kinase, lactase, lightface, lipase, lyase, maltase, manes, millrace, milreis, misplace, mutase, notecase, null-space, outface, outpace, outrace, paleface, postface, Quilmes, replace, scapegrace, shoelace, showcase, showplace, slipcase, smearcase, someplace, staircase, subbase, subspace, suitcase, tailrace, tenace, typeface, ukase, unbrace, unlace, watchcase, wheelbase, whey-face, whiteface, workplace, worst-case