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head case

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Synonyms and Antonyms of head case

1 a person having or showing a severely disordered or abnormal state of mind

brought in a counselor to work with the student they worried might be a head case

Synonyms of head case

bug, crackbrain, crazy, fool, fruitcake, loon, loony, lunatic, maniac, nut, nutcase, nutter [British slang], psycho, psychopath, sickie, sicko, wacko (also whacko)

Words Related to head case

madman, madwoman

abnormal, deviant

manic-depressive, monomaniac, mythomaniac, neurotic, obsessive, obsessive-compulsive, paranoid, psychoneurotic, psychotic, schizo, schizoid, schizophrene, schizophrenic, sociopath

character, codger, crack, crackpot, crank, eccentric, fantastic, flake, kook, oddball, oddity, original, quiz, screwball, tyke (also tike) [chiefly British], weirdo, zany

2 a person of odd or whimsical habits

an area of scientific research that's a good niche for social misfits and hard-core head cases

Synonyms of head case

character, codger, crack, crackbrain, crackpot, crank, eccentric, flake, fruitcake, kook, nut, nutcase, nutter [British slang], oddball, oddity, original, quiz, screwball, weirdo, zany

Words Related to head case

bohemian, maverick, nonconformist, quixote

fantast, fantastico

Phrases Synonymous with head case

odd duck, piece of work

Near Antonyms of head case

conformer, conformist, follower, sheep

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