WACKY Synonyms: 243 Similar and Opposite Words

wacky

adjective

ˈwa-kē

variants also whacky

as in bizarre

different from the ordinary in a way that causes curiosity or suspicion raised by an uncle with a rather wacky philosophy of parenting

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as in silly

showing or marked by a lack of good sense or judgment one club member whose wacky ideas for fund-raisers usually produced groans

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Recent Examples of wacky There's a joyously wacky energy to this broad comedy on the whole, giving Rudd an interesting arc to play. —

Brian Truitt, USA Today, 7 June 2026 House experiments with tons of surreal techniques that make the film feel like a bizarre dream — there are wacky transitions, stylized backdrops, bursts of stop-motion and hand-drawn animation, wild color filters, jarring soundtrack choices, and dizzying camera movements. —

Wesley Stenzel, Entertainment Weekly, 5 June 2026 The wacky misplay happened during the top of the fourth inning on June 2, when Rockies third baseman TJ Rumfield whacked a deep fly to right field, which then grazed off the left side of Adell’s glove and off the top of his head. —

Sean Neumann, PEOPLE, 3 June 2026 But between her clothes and the seismic upsets that have lent a wacky bend to this tournament, Osaka’s career milestone slipped through with relatively little fanfare. —

Ava Wallace, New York Times, 1 June 2026 See All Example Sentences for wacky

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In a bizarre scene at the ceremony, his troops stood at attention as Ríos addressed them in a live video feed from a Bogotá prison.

— John Otis, NPR, 21 June 2026
This has produced a toxic and bizarre backlash.

— Tom Deignan, New York Daily News, 21 June 2026