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
  • But, spending a bunch of money on decorations for your son's dorm room, if that's happening, is nuts.
    — Joe Kinsey OutKick, FOXNews.com, 4 Aug. 2026
  • Fans went nuts as Aldis pulled Gunther to the middle of the ring.
    — Alfred Konuwa, Forbes.com, 1 Aug. 2026
Definition of nuts
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  • There was also a stream of characters who visited the island, from a pop group to a movie producer, a mad scientist, and Russian cosmonauts.
    — Encyclopedia Britannica, Encyclopedia Britannica, 5 Aug. 2026
  • There are a few pages spent on Deflategate (that made Brady mad), only a few paragraphs devoted to Aaron Hernandez, none on Spygate.
    — Darren Cooper, Forbes.com, 4 Aug. 2026
Definition of mad
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  • However, Storm co-owner Celeste Keaton was fined and suspended for five games after last Tuesday’s contest, when two girls sitting courtside in support of Cunnigham said Keaton cursed at them and called them insane.
    — Sabreena Merchant, New York Times, 4 Aug. 2026
  • Continue reading … VIRUS RECKONING — COVID fury explodes as Fauci hearing revives 'insane' lockdown nightmare tales.
    — , FOXNews.com, 31 July 2026
Definition of insane
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  • Twenty-seven missiles were ballistic Iskander-M missiles or missiles fired from S-400 systems.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 4 Aug. 2026
  • Russia bombarded Ukraine last weekend with one of the largest ballistic-missile barrages of the entire war.
    — Mark Montgomery, Washington Post, 31 July 2026
Definition of ballistic
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