bananas

adjective

Definition of bananasnext
as in nuts
informal lacking sanity; a state or condition of mental unsoundness If you ask me, that guy is bananas. All the noise drove me bananas.

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for bananas
  1. nuts
  2. mad
  3. insane
  4. ballistic
Adjective
  • People go nuts over Karen Finley spreading chocolate sauce on her naked breasts on stage.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 23 July 2026
  • How nuts and whole grains add up Peanuts lead the nut category, according to Lindsey DeSoto, RD, with Health.
    — Lauren Jarvis-Gibson July 9, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 9 July 2026
Definition of nuts
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  • Alec Hammond, my production designer, is just a mad scientist.
    — Matt Minton, Variety, 31 July 2026
  • Fortunately, Alec Hammond, the production designer, is a is a mad scientist.
    — Josh Weiss, Forbes.com, 31 July 2026
Definition of mad
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  • Dominguez, who was declared legally insane the day after the verdicts, will be sent to a state mental hospital.
    — Sharon Bernstein, Sacbee.com, 27 July 2026
  • These were two insane asks — a 7-foot giant and an 8-year-old kid who has to be your second lead.
    — James Hibberd, HollywoodReporter, 23 July 2026
Definition of insane
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  • The sheriff's office said ballistic testing performed with assistance from the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives later produced forensic evidence linking the two murders.
    — Stepheny Price, FOXNews.com, 22 July 2026
  • The Space Development Agency’s primary mission has been to develop a constellation of several hundred missile warning and data relay satellites in low-Earth orbit designed to detect, track, and target ballistic and hypersonic missiles.
    — Stephen Clark, ArsTechnica, 17 July 2026
Definition of ballistic
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