Synonyms of madness

madness

noun

ˈmad-nəs 

1

as in insanity

a serious mental disorder that prevents one from living a safe and normal life

nowadays certain forms of madness are quite treatable

Synonyms & Similar Words

• insanity
• dementia
• hysteria
• schizophrenia
• instability
• paranoia
• mania
• rage
• lunacy
• derangement
• aberration
• frenzy
• psychosis
• delusion
• neurosis
• irrationality
• delirium
• obsession
• unreasonableness
• abnormality
• phobia
• hallucination
• senile dementia
• hypomania
• unsoundness
• hallucinosis
• monomania
• dementedness

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• sanity
• mind
• rationality
• reasonableness
• lucidity
• saneness
• normality
• soundness
• reasonability
• rationalness

2

as in simplicity

lack of good sense or judgment

to do something so reckless would be sheer madness

Synonyms & Similar Words

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

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

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

3

as in anger

an intense emotional state of displeasure with someone or something

her incessant insults goaded him to such madness that he would storm around breaking dishes and slamming doors

Synonyms & Similar Words

• anger
• indignation
• rage
• wrath
• outrage
• fury
• mood
• wrathfulness
• irritation
• mad
• exasperation
• irritability
• jealousy
• slow burn
• contempt
• bitterness
• furor
• annoyance
• resentment
• hostility
• ire
• spleen
• angriness
• choler
• lividity
• temper
• malice
• birse
• grudge
• outburst
• irateness
• lividness
• envy
• malevolence
• animosity
• aggravation
• antagonism
• enmity
• vexation
• embitterment
• venom
• spite
• vindictiveness
• antipathy
• rancor
• vengefulness
• delirium
• bile
• acrimony
• belligerence
• virulence
• biliousness
• crankiness
• pugnacity
• jaundice
• heat
• contentiousness
• vitriol
• irascibility
• contrariness
• pique
• warmth
• quarrelsomeness
• flare
• querulousness
• road rage
• pugnaciousness
• acrimoniousness
• pet
• orneriness
• rise
• blowup
• dudgeon
• disputatiousness
• passion
• hot-headedness
• empoisonment
• irascibleness
• air rage
• dander
• ruffle
• flare-up
• huff
• chafe

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• pleasure
• delight
• patience
• calmness
• forbearance

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of madness

Tech news and bot madness Anthropic said an internal investigation found that its Claude AI models gained unauthorized internet access and hacked three companies. — Andrew J. Campa, Los Angeles Times, 2 Aug. 2026

With Raj teetering on the edge of madness in Season 1, are Big Bang OGs relishing going dark in the spinoff? — Nellie Andreeva, Deadline, 30 July 2026

Except none of it was true — and the real perpetrator behind the madness wasn’t who anyone suspected. — Katie Mather, PEOPLE, 23 July 2026

Only readers can stop this madness, by turning their attention elsewhere. — Matthew Walther, The Atlantic, 20 July 2026