Synonyms of crazy

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adjective

ˈkrā-zē 

1

as in bizarre

conceived or made without regard for reason or reality

the mansion is a crazy construction of several different styles

Synonyms & Similar Words

• bizarre
• absurd
• insane
• foolish
• unreal
• fantastical
• strange
• fantastic
• wild
• ridiculous
• fanciful
• nonsensical
• incredible
• curious
• weird
• preposterous
• odd
• funny
• off the wall
• peculiar
• grotesque
• unbelievable
• eccentric
• inconceivable
• implausible
• unthinkable
• unimaginable
• extravagant
• wacky
• quirky
• whacky
• outlandish
• screwy
• ludicrous
• kinky
• surreal
• kooky
• quaint
• laughable
• nightmarish
• queer
• out-of-the-way
• farcical
• outré
• kookie
• way-out
• far-out
• Alice-in-Wonderland
• dreamlike
• bizarro
• queerish
• Kafkaesque

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• reasonable
• realistic

2

as in psychotic

having or showing a very abnormal or sick state of mind

started yelling in the middle of the store like a crazy man

Synonyms & Similar Words

• psychotic
• insane
• mad
• lunatic
• nuts
• maniac
• maniacal
• gaga
• mental
• paranoid
• crazed
• whacky
• psycho
• looney
• paranoidal
• strange
• disturbed
• deranged
• irrational
• whacko
• wacko
• demented
• nutty
• cuckoo
• loony
• wacky
• screwy
• eccentric
• unhinged
• unbalanced
• batty
• ballistic
• cracked
• kooky
• daft
• bonkers
• certifiable
• haywire
• bedlam
• around the bend
• odd
• foolish
• unreasonable
• daffy
• obsessed
• barmy
• loony tunes
• crackbrained
• meshuga
• moonstruck
• kookie
• scatty
• depressed
• loco
• out to lunch
• bughouse
• crackpot
• non compos mentis
• bats
• hysteric
• brainsick
• frantic
• unsound
• looney tunes
• meshugah
• meshuggah
• distraught
• distracted
• meshugge
• hysterical
• fruity
• loopy
• wud
• neurotic
• cranky
• balmy
• schizophrenic
• paranoic
• off
• fey
• delusional
• crackers
• out of one's mind
• delirious
• schizoid
• obsessive-compulsive
• off one's gourd
• queer
• off one's rocker
• oddball
• paranoiac
• tetched
• sociopathic
• disordered
• delusionary
• off one's head
• touched
• dotty
• out of one's head
• nuclear
• aberrant
• berserk
• pixillated
• pixilated
• amuck
• witless
• raving
• potty
• frenzied
• senseless
• monomaniacal
• teched
• wigged-out
• ape
• amok
• fixated
• monomaniac
• bananas

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• sane
• sound
• reasonable
• balanced
• rational
• clear
• normal
• wise
• sensible
• uncrazy
• lucid
• compos mentis
• judicious
• healthy
• well-adjusted
• unneurotic

3

as in stupid

showing or marked by a lack of good sense or judgment

a crazy plan to climb Mount Everest without proper equipment

Synonyms & Similar Words

• stupid
• silly
• mad
• foolish
• absurd
• insane
• lunatic
• idiotic
• irrational
• ridiculous
• looney
• whacky
• dumb
• zany
• wacky
• nutty
• fool
• simple
• loony
• nonsensical
• idiotical
• unreasonable
• kooky
• asinine
• weak
• daft
• unwise
• preposterous
• slow
• cuckoo
• fatuous
• dippy
• jerky
• senseless
• daffy
• sappy
• out to lunch
• screwball
• harebrained
• dotty
• witless
• inept
• simpleminded
• brainless
• weak-minded
• crackpot
• unreasoning
• kookie
• moronic
• balmy
• cockeyed
• half-baked
• tomfool
• bubbleheaded
• illogical
• lunkheaded
• featherheaded
• clueless
• thoughtless
• half-witted
• dense
• imbecile
• imbecilic
• dopey
• ludicrous
• dull
• unreasoned
• unintelligent
• dorky
• mindless
• dim
• obtuse
• feebleminded
• brain-dead
• vacuous
• lamebrain
• doltish
• opaque
• thickheaded
• thick
• invalid
• laughable
• pinheaded
• soft
• fallacious
• dunderheaded
• farcical
• oafish
• nonrational
• dopy
• softheaded
• lamebrained
• unsound
• surd
• knuckleheaded
• clownish
• empty-headed
• dim-witted
• gormless
• chuckleheaded
• airheaded
• notional
• slow-witted
• ill-advised
• boobish
• buffoonish
• chowderheaded
• birdbrained
• unconsidered

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• wise
• sound
• sane
• sensible
• prudent
• reasonable
• judicious
• clever
• intelligent
• smart
• bright
• valid
• logical
• rational
• sagacious
• sage
• sapient
• brainy
• well-advised

4

as in excited

showing urgent desire or interest

crazy for the latest entertainment news

Synonyms & Similar Words

• excited
• avid
• enthusiastic
• eager
• anxious
• hungry
• nuts
• keen
• ardent
• impatient
• happy
• pumped
• greedy
• wild
• great
• thirsty
• interested
• antsy
• voracious
• desirous
• solicitous
• gung ho
• stoked
• geeked
• ready
• agog
• enthused
• hot
• juiced
• hopped-up
• chomping at the bit
• champing at the bit
• obsessed
• willing
• raring
• hepped up
• engaged
• ambitious
• athirst
• longing
• glad
• restless
• covetous
• breathless
• pining
• craving
• restive
• game
• amenable
• appetent
• inclined
• hankering
• hung up
• unreluctant
• disposed

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• indifferent
• apathetic
• casual
• unenthusiastic
• unconcerned
• uninterested
• nonchalant
• disinterested
• aloof
• detached
• incurious
• insouciant
• reluctant
• impassive
• stolid
• hesitant
• lackadaisical
• unwilling
• lukewarm
• uneager
• languid
• averse
• halfhearted
• languorous
• spiritless
• loath
• disinclined
• loth
• loathe

5

as in weird

different from the ordinary in a way that causes curiosity or suspicion

a downtown musician with crazy notions of what's stylish and what's not

Synonyms & Similar Words

• bizarre
• weird
• strange
• funny
• odd
• curious
• erratic
• peculiar
• remarkable
• eccentric
• unusual
• abnormal
• wild
• wacky
• whacky
• unique
• off-the-wall
• quirky
• screwy
• outlandish
• kinky
• kooky
• funky
• fantastical
• offbeat
• unconventional
• way-out
• outrageous
• quaint
• uncommon
• weirdo
• out-of-the-way
• rare
• outré
• kookie
• cranky
• extraordinary
• queer
• far-out
• bizarro
• rum
• fantastic
• freaky
• off-kilter
• freak
• queerish
• outstanding
• shocking
• freakish
• phenomenal
• spaced-out
• flaky
• noticeable
• aberrant
• atypical
• striking
• prominent
• out-there
• conspicuous
• phantasmagoric
• notable
• phantasmagorical
• idiosyncratic
• puzzling
• perplexing
• baffling
• singular
• unwonted
• atrocious
• salient
• unorthodox
• bewildering
• confounding
• nonconformist
• crotchety
• mystifying
• uncustomary
• addlepated
• nonmainstream

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• normal
• typical
• ordinary
• usual
• average
• standard
• everyday
• commonplace
• routine
• garden
• conservative
• prosaic
• conventional
• unremarkable
• familiar
• predictable
• unexceptional
• run-of-the-mill
• common
• regular
• expected
• workaday
• frequent
• conformist
• customary
• habitual
• knee-jerk
• wonted

6

as in uneven

inclined or twisted to one side

surrounded by crazy stacks of books, she began writing her paper

Synonyms & Similar Words

• uneven
• tilted
• crooked
• oblique
• skewed
• lopsided
• awry
• tipping
• listing
• out of plumb
• pitched
• off-kilter
• askew
• asymmetric
• slanted
• distorted
• unbalanced
• off plumb
• slanting
• asymmetrical
• cockeyed
• unsymmetrical
• aslant
• atilt
• cock-a-hoop
• disordered
• slantwise
• contorted
• irregular

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• straight
• even
• regular
• level
• uniform
• orderly
• balanced
• symmetric
• symmetrical
• ordered

7

as in twisted

marked by a long series of irregular curves

walked down a crazy path deep in the woods to a secluded swimming hole

Synonyms & Similar Words

• twisted
• winding
• curved
• twisting
• curving
• serpentine
• tortuous
• crooked
• devious
• curvy
• sinuous
• windy
• bending
• curling
• jagged
• curled
• spiral
• swirling
• zigzag
• spiraling
• uneven
• coiled
• rambling
• circling
• coiling
• indirect
• looping
• zigzagging
• roundabout
• spiralling
• circuitous
• wandering
• corkscrew
• irregular
• meandering

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• straight
• linear
• direct
• straightaway

crazy

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noun

1

as in lunatic

a person having or showing a severely disordered or abnormal state of mind

discovered some real crazies in our family tree

Synonyms & Similar Words

• lunatic
• psychopath
• fool
• maniac
• psycho
• bug
• loony
• wacko
• schizo
• loon
• whacko
• sicko
• nutcase
• nutter
• psychotic
• abnormal
• fruitcake
• nut
• madman
• head case
• paranoid
• sickie
• crackbrain
• obsessive
• fantastic
• madwoman
• eccentric
• crack
• schizophrenic
• neurotic
• deviant
• patient
• character
• manic-depressive
• weirdo
• schizoid
• monomaniac
• zany
• oddball
• sociopath
• screwball
• crackpot
• kook
• psychoneurotic
• original
• obsessive-compulsive
• flake
• case
• crank
• oddity
• mythomaniac
• schizophrene
• tike
• codger
• quiz
• tyke

2

as in revolutionary

a person who favors rapid and sweeping changes especially in laws and methods of government

beleaguered government officials tried to dismiss the protesters as a bunch of crazies

Synonyms & Similar Words

• revolutionary
• extremist
• rebel
• radical
• revolutionist
• reformer
• anarchist
• leftist
• insurgent
• red
• lefty
• reformist
• progressive
• separatist
• agitator
• subversive
• young Turk
• secessionist
• separationist
• insurrectionist
• anarch

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• moderate
• conservative
• Tory
• reactionary
• traditionalist
• rightist
• middle-of-the-roader
• standpatter
• fuddy-duddy

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a crazy idea

an insane idea

a wild idea

an outrageous idea

a ludicrous idea

an extraordinary idea

a crazy world

a bizarre world

a messed-up world

a weird world

a strange world

a ridiculous world

a crazy dream

a weird dream

an incredible dream

a wacky dream

a freaky dream

an extraordinary dream

a crazy story

an insane story

a bizarre story

a wacky story

an epic story

a strange story

Examples of crazy in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Adjective

With Eric concussed and not thinking clearly, Andrew is the only grown-up in the room who seems to have his head screwed on straight, representing the perspective of the audience: These people are crazy. —Michael O'Sullivan, Washington Post, 1 Feb. 2023

Go crazy with guacamole, too, because avocados are at a bargain. —Parija Kavilanz, CNN, 30 Jan. 2023

Noun

The Crimson Tide’s student section under first-year coach Nate Oats doesn’t have a catchy new nickname yet, but the hardhat wearing Crimson crazies showed up in force for the home team’s gritty 77-74 victory against Kansas State. —Joseph Goodman | [e-mail], al, 28 Jan. 2020

Please don’t engage with the crazies in the comments. —Christina Oehler, Health.com, 15 Nov. 2019

Phrases Containing crazy

• crazy (about or over)
• crazy quilt
• like crazy