Synonyms of batty

batty

adjective

ˈba-tē 

1

as in insane

showing or marked by a lack of good sense or judgment

He's full of creative ideas, but some are truly batty and lead nowhere.

Synonyms & Similar Words

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

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

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

2

as in psychotic

unable to think in a clear or sensible way

Being cooped up together all weekend can make a family go a bit batty.

Synonyms & Similar Words

• psychotic
• mad
• insane
• maniacal
• crazy
• nuts
• mental
• psycho
• demented
• crazed
• disturbed
• loco
• unhinged
• deranged
• bonkers
• nutty
• off
• certifiable
• eccentric
• unbalanced
• around the bend
• foolish
• daft
• bats
• haywire
• depressed
• irrational
• strange
• queer
• non compos mentis
• out to lunch
• cracked
• obsessed
• brainsick
• loopy
• unsound
• ballistic
• fey
• distracted
• dotty
• wud
• crackers
• distraught
• frantic
• delirious
• unreasonable
• off one's rocker
• off one's gourd
• delusional
• nuclear
• off one's head
• hysterical
• disordered
• delusionary
• oddball
• berserk
• out of one's head
• aberrant
• odd
• touched
• witless
• ape
• pixilated
• raving
• potty
• monomaniacal
• monomaniac
• frenzied
• teched
• fixated
• senseless
• bananas
• wigged-out
• amok

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

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

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of batty

Of course, keeping a player like Angelina around for the long haul could be beneficial for players who would like to sit in front of a jury next to someone who drives everybody else batty. — Joe Reid, Vulture, 25 Feb. 2026

Fifty-seven years ago, another veteran character actress in her seventies, Ruth Gordon, played a batty old lady in a horror film from a major studio, Rosemary’s Baby, and ultimately took home a best supporting actress Oscar. — Scott Feinberg, HollywoodReporter, 26 Nov. 2025

One of the things that drives me truly batty is my duvet. — Elliott Harrell, Southern Living, 3 Nov. 2025

Outdoor pumpkin decor never looked so batty! — Sarah Martens, Better Homes & Gardens, 7 Oct. 2025