Synonyms of neurotic

neurotic

adjective

as in paranoid

having or showing a very nervous or disordered state of mind

Her neurotic tendencies tend to manifest in her obsessive need for cleanliness.

Our dog is a bit neurotic; she tends to panic around strangers.

Related Words

• paranoid
• unstable
• worried
• nervous
• psychotic
• anxious
• restless
• schizophrenic
• schizoid
• disturbed
• obsessive-compulsive
• irrational
• paranoiac
• disordered
• delusional
• delusionary
• sociopathic
• obsessed
• delirious
• aberrant
• high-strung
• uptight
• psychopathic
• overanxious
• eccentric
• uneasy
• demented
• unsettled
• unreasonable
• bothered
• distressed
• maniacal
• jittery
• psycho
• jumpy
• crazed
• deranged
• unquiet
• strange
• unbalanced
• skittish
• mental
• mad
• insane
• oddball
• tense
• nutty
• unhinged
• batty
• odd
• non compos mentis
• crazy
• daft
• nuts
• unsound
• loco
• queer
• pixilated
• bonkers
• brainsick
• fixated
• bats
• wud

Dissimilar Words

• relaxed
• relieved
• composed
• possessed
• collected
• placid
• equal
• peaceful
• rational
• level
• smooth
• sedate
• undisturbed
• serene
• unperturbed
• tranquil
• cool
• reasonable
• unruffled
• unneurotic
• untroubled
• limpid
• lucid
• clear
• sane
• unshaken
• sound
• together
• tranquilized
• self-possessed
• balanced
• unworried
• coolheaded
• self-composed
• recollected
• compos mentis
• uncrazy

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of neurotic

The perfect dog needed to love balls or tug toys, be neurotic and extremely obsessive. — Becca Savransky, Idaho Statesman, 11 Aug. 2026

The sitcom — which ran for eight seasons on ABC, from 1986, to 1993 — starred Pinchot as Balki, an optimistic immigrant from a fictional island called Mypos who moves in with his neurotic cousin, Larry, played by Mark Linn-Baker. — Virginia Chamlee, PEOPLE, 20 July 2026

Democrats, neurotic from decades of defeat, are wringing their hands as usual, saying Jolly is too stiff on stage, too wonkish, not funny enough. — Steve Bousquet, Sun Sentinel, 18 July 2026

But the real shock here is Wilde, who not only knows how to keep viewers on the back foot as a filmmaker but slides into a neurotic register and off-kilter comic timing for her high-strung hostess that fit her like rubber glove. — David Fear, Rolling Stone, 26 June 2026