psychopath

psy·cho·path

noun \ˈsī-kə-ˌpath\

Definition of PSYCHOPATH

: a mentally ill or unstable person; especially : a person affected with antisocial personality disorder

Examples of PSYCHOPATH

1. <declared that he was a dangerous psychopath who needed to be locked up>

Origin of PSYCHOPATH

International Scientific Vocabulary

First Known Use: 1885

Related to PSYCHOPATH

Synonyms: bug, crackbrain, crazy, fool, fruitcake, head case, loon, loony, maniac, nut, nutcase, nutter [British slang], psycho, lunatic, 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

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Other Psychology Terms

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

Rhymes with PSYCHOPATH

aftermath, bridle path, polymath, primrose path, shower bath, take a bath, telepath, Turkish bath, whirlpool bath