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Synonyms & Antonyms of nutcase
1
a person having or showing a severely disordered or abnormal state of mind
- some nutcase was arrested for running out onto the baseball field while the game was in progress
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- madman,
- madwoman
- manic-depressive,
- monomaniac,
- mythomaniac,
- neurotic,
- obsessive,
- obsessive-compulsive,
- paranoid,
- psychoneurotic,
- psychotic,
- schizo,
- schizoid,
- schizophrene,
- schizophrenic,
- sociopath
2
a person of odd or whimsical habits
- around the condo complex she's known as the nutcase who consistently ignores the rules
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3
a person who lacks good sense or judgment
- only a nutcase would try to accelerate a campfire by dousing it with gasoline
Synonyms for nutcase
- berk
- [British],
- booby,
- charlie
- (also charley)
- [British],
- cuckoo,
- ding-a-ling,
- ding-dong,
- dingbat,
- dipstick,
- doofus
- [slang],
- featherhead,
- fool,
- git
- [British],
- goose,
- half-wit,
- jackass,
- lunatic,
- mooncalf,
- nincompoop,
- ninny,
- ninnyhammer,
- nit
- [chiefly British],
- nitwit,
- nut,
- simp,
- simpleton,
- turkey,
- yo-yo
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The first known use of nutcase was in 1959
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