as in eccentric
a person of odd or whimsical habits
rather than ostracizing them, the British seem to cherish their nutters
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Recent Examples of nutter
Bits of bacon, mini hot-pockets, nutter butters and doritos.
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Outside Online, 16 Jan. 2025
Its founder was not a member of Congress but Paul Weyrich, a hard-right nutter with theocratic leanings with a fair claim to being the Johnny Appleseed of the New Right, having also co-founded the Heritage Foundation, the Moral Majority, and the American Legislative Exchange Council.
—Timothy Noah, The New Republic, 27 Mar. 2023
Westwood was a real original—even a nutter in some ways.
—Rachel Tashjian, Harper's BAZAAR, 3 Feb. 2023
Other cyclists and the governing bodies of competitive cycling have all but called Landis a complete nutter.
—Kyle Munkittrick, Discover Magazine, 26 Jan. 2011
Lloyd Hansen is his exit strategy, and this nutter will stop at nothing to snuff Six and steal the drive.
—Peter Debruge, Variety, 14 July 2022
The foie-gras fluffer-nutter certainly accomplishes that.
—Phil Vettel, chicagotribune.com, 23 Mar. 2018
Out here in Iowa, Papist nutter Rick Santorum — now accompanied on the campaign trail by the ridiculous Duggar clan, the famous cable-television pullulators — has made this quite clear, over and over again.
—Charles P. Pierce, Esquire, 3 Jan. 2012
Matt Bumpas’ work making highly creative desserts — mango-lime marshmallows, his own version of nutter-butters, blood orange semifreddo with clove caramel and orange meringue — earned him high praise as the pastry chef of Seattle’s Poppy.
—Bethany Jean Clement, The Seattle Times, 26 July 2017
Outside Online, 16 Jan. 2025
Its founder was not a member of Congress but Paul Weyrich, a hard-right nutter with theocratic leanings with a fair claim to being the Johnny Appleseed of the New Right, having also co-founded the Heritage Foundation, the Moral Majority, and the American Legislative Exchange Council.
—Timothy Noah, The New Republic, 27 Mar. 2023
Westwood was a real original—even a nutter in some ways.
—Rachel Tashjian, Harper's BAZAAR, 3 Feb. 2023
Other cyclists and the governing bodies of competitive cycling have all but called Landis a complete nutter.
—Kyle Munkittrick, Discover Magazine, 26 Jan. 2011
Lloyd Hansen is his exit strategy, and this nutter will stop at nothing to snuff Six and steal the drive.
—Peter Debruge, Variety, 14 July 2022
The foie-gras fluffer-nutter certainly accomplishes that.
—Phil Vettel, chicagotribune.com, 23 Mar. 2018
Out here in Iowa, Papist nutter Rick Santorum — now accompanied on the campaign trail by the ridiculous Duggar clan, the famous cable-television pullulators — has made this quite clear, over and over again.
—Charles P. Pierce, Esquire, 3 Jan. 2012
Matt Bumpas’ work making highly creative desserts — mango-lime marshmallows, his own version of nutter-butters, blood orange semifreddo with clove caramel and orange meringue — earned him high praise as the pastry chef of Seattle’s Poppy.
—Bethany Jean Clement, The Seattle Times, 26 July 2017
Recent Examples of Synonyms for nutter
Noun
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Other characters include outcasts, visionaries and eccentrics — all of whom live on the margins as unseen — a former priest, a girl trapped in working her family’s candy stand, a woman who learned preaching from her brother and is a caretaker for her dying housemate.—
Mary Ann Grossmann,
Twin Cities,
18 May 2025
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American eccentrics like Walters long have provided material for satirists across the pond.—
Chris Jones,
Chicago Tribune,
11 June 2025
Noun
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Season two will feature a number of fan-favorite characters reprising their roles, including Mason Alexander Park as Desire, Gwendoline Christie as Lucifer, Vivienne Acheampong as Lucienne, and Patton Oswalt as the voice of Matthew the Raven.—
Abid Rahman,
HollywoodReporter,
1 July 2025
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In pockets of Chile and Argentina, a new generation of entrepreneurs is building brands with character.—
Javier Hasse,
Forbes.com,
1 July 2025
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Americans are advised to eat more fruits and vegetables, include a variety of protein sources—seafood, lean meats, poultry, eggs, legumes, soy products, and unsalted nuts/seeds—and opt for protein sources lower in solid fats and calories.—
Thomas G. Moukawsher,
MSNBC Newsweek,
13 Apr. 2025
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Botanically the fruit is a drupe, not a nut.—
Kurt Snibbe,
Oc Register,
13 Apr. 2025
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Although My Donkey, My Lover & I (Antoinette dans les Cévennes) was made in 2020, before Libs of TikTok exposed school-teacher lunacy, writer-director Caroline Vignal proves prescient about the eccentricity that goes deeper than the profession’s nutcase radicalism.—
Armond White,
National Review,
27 July 2022
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Ma Seok-do (Ma) is still with the Geumcheon Police Major Crimes Unit, arriving to help his fellow officers deal with a knife-wielding nutcase who’s taken hostages at a corner store.—
Dennis Harvey,
Variety,
3 June 2022
Noun
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Gunn has promised a return to sincerity, but this is still unmistakably his movie so expect dashes of bizarro humor amid the spectacle and a few lovable weirdos around the edges (including Supes’ flying dog Krypto).—
Greg Braxton,
Los Angeles Times,
16 May 2025
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Danan has crafted a loving ode to every weirdo or outsider who made a TV show (or other pop culture franchise) their entire personality.—
Maureen Lee Lenker,
EW.com,
19 May 2025
Noun
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You could also get lost attempting to read the splintered English and Hebrew letters running atop a stage festooned with wacko props and occult imagery.—
Andrew Lampert,
Artforum,
1 May 2025
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Now, watch: Trump will choose some wacko to be his vice presidential running mate, and all my plans will go up and smoke.—
Sun Sentinel Editorial Board,
Sun Sentinel,
3 Apr. 2024
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The father, Buddy Smart (Bryan Cranston), is the clan’s second-rate crackpot visionary, a cockeyed optimist who dresses in fuddy-duddy jackets and never knows where the next paycheck is coming from.—
Owen Gleiberman,
Variety,
11 June 2025
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It was also designed to look for evidence of continental drift – an idea that was then just starting to shift out of crackpot territory and into the scientific mainstream.—
David Szondy
June 08,
New Atlas,
8 June 2025
Noun
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Listen to your doctor, not kooks like Bobby Kennedy and Dave Weldon.—
New York Daily News,
Twin Cities,
21 Mar. 2025
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Listen to your doctor, not kooks like Bobby Kennedy and Dave Weldon.—
New York Daily News Editorial Board,
New York Daily News,
15 Mar. 2025
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“Nutter.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/nutter. Accessed 9 Jul. 2025.
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