Synonyms of gaga

gaga

adjective

ˈgä-(ˌ)gä 

informal

1

as in excited

showing urgent desire or interest

We're gaga for that new show and have binge-watched every episode.

Synonyms & Similar Words

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

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• indifferent
• apathetic
• uninterested
• nonchalant
• unenthusiastic
• casual
• unconcerned
• disinterested
• aloof
• detached
• insouciant
• incurious
• reluctant
• lukewarm
• uneager
• unwilling
• lackadaisical
• impassive
• stolid
• hesitant
• loath
• averse
• spiritless
• halfhearted
• languid
• languorous
• disinclined

2

as in mad

showing or marked by a lack of good sense or judgment

Friends thought he was totally gaga for buying a dilapidated cabin in the woods.

Synonyms & Similar Words

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

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

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

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of gaga

Turns out, the two actors/singers have been gaga for each other (terrible pun, sorry) for a long time. — Katherine J. Igoe, Marie Claire, 27 Feb. 2019

Juul, a startup that makes e-cigarettes that teenagers are gaga for, is raising $1.2 billion in a round that would value the company at $15 billion — on par with companies like Lyft or Snap. — Recode Staff, Recode, 10 July 2018

For the past several years, restaurant chefs have been gaga for sous-vide cooking, but the contraptions required seemed too scientific for home cooks. — Liz Biro, Indianapolis Star, 28 Aug. 2017

Phrases Containing gaga

• gaga (over)