Synonyms of craziness

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noun (1)

as in insanity

lack of good sense or judgment

this latest example of juvenile craziness does not incline us to trust you

Synonyms & Similar Words

• insanity
• madness
• simplicity
• absurdity
• wackiness
• zaniness
• foolishness
• silliness
• nuttiness
• lunacy
• daftness
• preposterousness
• inanity
• stupidness
• fatuousness
• unwisdom
• imbecility
• nonsensicalness
• dottiness
• witlessness
• balminess
• stupidity
• brainlessness
• senselessness
• idiocy
• asininity
• folly
• fatuity
• ridiculousness
• dullness
• dippiness
• irrationality
• simpleness
• slowness
• dumbness
• mindlessness
• obtuseness
• unreasonableness
• dopiness
• feeblemindedness
• denseness
• weirdness
• kookiness
• oafishness
• doltishness
• simplemindedness
• ludicrousness
• fallacy
• gormlessness
• vacuity
• dim-wittedness
• laughableness

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• sanity
• wisdom
• prudence
• soundness
• sagacity
• rationality
• validity
• reasonableness
• sensibleness
• sapience
• perception
• reasonability
• logicality
• insight
• sageness
• sagaciousness
• discernment
• logicalness
• rationalness
• percipience

crazy

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adjective (1)

ˈkrā-zē 

1

as in foolish

showing or marked by a lack of good sense or judgment

a crazy plan to climb Mount Everest without proper equipment

Synonyms & Similar Words

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

2

as in excited

showing urgent desire or interest

crazy for the latest entertainment news

Synonyms & Similar Words

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

3

as in bizarre

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
• wacky
• wild
• screwy
• kooky
• off-the-wall
• unique
• quirky
• outlandish
• kinky
• funky
• offbeat
• unconventional
• quaint
• queer
• outrageous
• weirdo
• cranky
• uncommon
• out-of-the-way
• outré
• rare
• extraordinary
• way-out
• far-out
• bizarro
• rum
• fantastic
• off-kilter
• freaky
• freak
• queerish
• outstanding
• freakish
• shocking
• phenomenal
• spaced-out
• flaky
• noticeable
• aberrant
• atypical
• striking
• prominent
• out-there
• conspicuous
• phantasmagoric
• notable
• singular
• idiosyncratic
• puzzling
• perplexing
• baffling
• 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

4

as in absurd

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

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• reasonable
• realistic

5

as in insane

usually offensive unable to think in a clear or sensible way

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

Synonyms & Similar Words

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

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

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

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
• slanted
• distorted
• unbalanced
• slanting
• asymmetrical
• cockeyed
• unsymmetrical
• aslant
• atilt
• cock-a-hoop
• disordered
• slantwise
• contorted
• irregular

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

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

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
• curled
• jagged
• spiral
• swirling
• zigzag
• spiraling
• uneven
• coiled
• rambling
• circling
• indirect
• coiling
• looping
• zigzagging
• roundabout
• circuitous
• wandering
• corkscrew
• irregular
• meandering

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• straight
• linear
• direct
• straightaway

crazy

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noun (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

crazy (about or over)

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adjective (2)

as in mad (about)

filled with an intense or excessive love for

he's just crazy about that new drummer

Synonyms & Similar Words

• mad (about)
• sweet on
• infatuated (with)
• nuts (about)
• gone (on)
• obsessed
• besotted (by)
• enraptured (by)
• enamored (of)
• dotty (over)
• gaga (over)
• fascinated
• charmed
• stuck on
• enchanted
• hung up (on)
• silly
• foolish
• wild
• entranced
• bewitched
• captivated

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• cool
• detached
• unimpressed
• disillusioned
• disenchanted
• unenchanted
• heart-free

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of craziness

Noun

If anyone remembers the craziness of the MarketWatch IPO, that’s what really got the dot-com movement going and turned a lot of bankers’ heads. —Jim Cramer, CNBC, 28 Sep. 2025

Occupying a two-mile run from Beach Boulevard south to the Newport Beach line, State Beach is family friendly and features many of the amenities of its northern neighbor without the volume of crowds, hassles or craziness. —Greg Mellen, Oc Register, 19 Sep. 2025

Adjective

But the craziest moment came when two matches with large contingents of fans were scheduled simultaneously and on adjoining courts. —Walter Villa, Miami Herald, 9 Nov. 2025

Is this from that crazy year of study abroad with that CRAZY family? —Lori A Bashian, FOXNews.com, 9 Nov. 2025

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 craziness

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