Synonyms of nut

nut

noun

1

as in eccentric

a person of odd or whimsical habits

a show devoted to those lovable nuts who collect the weirdest things just for fun

Synonyms & Similar Words

• eccentric
• character
• flake
• crank
• crackpot
• nutter
• weirdo
• original
• kook
• fruitcake
• piece of work
• crack
• nutcase
• screwball
• oddball
• freak
• codger
• maverick
• rarity
• zany
• quiz
• bohemian
• odd duck
• oddity
• head case
• crackbrain
• coot
• geezer
• nonconformist
• curio
• quixote
• fantast
• fantastico

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• sheep
• follower
• conformer
• conformist

2

as in lunatic

a person who lacks good sense or judgment

anyone who goes out in this weather is a nut

Synonyms & Similar Words

• lunatic
• fool
• goose
• idiot
• moron
• cuckoo
• monkey
• turkey
• nutcase
• booby
• jackass
• ninny
• loser
• charley
• dipstick
• dingbat
• simpleton
• ding-dong
• simp
• nit
• mooncalf
• nincompoop
• berk
• doofus
• charlie
• half-wit
• nitwit
• ninnyhammer
• git
• dummy
• featherhead
• donkey
• daredevil
• ding-a-ling
• yo-yo
• madman
• pinhead
• ignoramus
• dunce
• knucklehead
• know-nothing
• numbskull
• dolt
• imbecile
• madwoman
• blockhead
• butt
• airhead
• dope
• character
• crank
• goon
• dork
• stock
• dumbbell
• numskull
• weirdo
• crackpot
• kook
• schnook
• dodo
• scatterbrain
• chump
• dupe
• gander
• featherbrain
• fathead
• screwball
• birdbrain
• oddball
• laughingstock
• mockery
• codger
• schlub
• schlump
• shlemiel
• schlemiel
• shlub
• crackbrain

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• brain
• sage
• genius
• thinker

3

as in lover

a person with a strong and habitual liking for something

a baseball nut who plans her vacation to coincide with spring training every year

Synonyms & Similar Words

• lover
• sucker
• fan
• enthusiast
• maniac
• fanatic
• addict
• freak
• buff
• fiend
• junkie
• devotee
• collector
• hound
• aficionado
• fool
• junky
• supporter
• bug
• habitue
• admirer
• proponent
• afficionado
• fancier
• head
• friend
• maven
• expert
• habitué
• groupie
• mavin
• connoisseur
• authority
• dilettante
• exponent
• advocate
• amateur
• adherent
• follower
• cultist
• zealot
• promoter
• champion
• booster
• disciple
• partisan
• evangelist
• patron
• votary
• backer
• apostle
• partizan
• convert
• rooter
• hanger-on
• faddist
• well-wisher

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• nonfan
• critic
• detractor
• carper
• belittler
• nonadmirer

4

as in psychopath

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

the man walking down the street talking to himself looked like a nut until we realized he was talking into his cell phone

Synonyms & Similar Words

• lunatic
• psychopath
• fool
• maniac
• psycho
• bug
• wacko
• nutter
• loony
• fruitcake
• loon
• schizo
• nutcase
• whacko
• sicko
• crack
• psychotic
• crazy
• head case
• crackbrain
• madman
• character
• sickie
• abnormal
• patient
• madwoman
• flake
• paranoid
• eccentric
• sociopath
• monomaniac
• neurotic
• deviant
• schizophrenic
• crackpot
• weirdo
• crank
• obsessive
• manic-depressive
• kook
• fantastic
• schizoid
• tike
• psychoneurotic
• screwball
• oddball
• case
• codger
• original
• schizophrene
• obsessive-compulsive
• zany
• quiz
• tyke
• mythomaniac
• oddity

5

as in problem

something that requires thought and skill for resolution

the question of how to increase functionality without decreasing efficiency may prove to be a tough nut to crack

Synonyms & Similar Words

• problem
• challenge
• matter
• issue
• case
• trouble
• question
• knot
• jam
• pickle
• hot water
• corner
• predicament
• crux
• hole
• spot
• fix
• puzzle
• dilemma
• Gordian knot
• quagmire
• quandary
• mystery
• hitch
• riddle
• snag
• enigma
• toughy
• sticky wicket
• toughie
• poser
• mire
• pitfall
• conundrum
• glitch
• catch
• stumper
• catch-22
• puzzlement
• brainteaser

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• solution
• answer
• silver bullet
• magic bullet
• panacea
• cure-all

6

as in head

slang the upper or front part of the body that contains the brain, the major sense organs, and the mouth

he didn't appreciate his friend's jibe about watching his big nut when getting into the car

Synonyms & Similar Words

• head
• skull
• bean
• dome
• nob
• noodle
• pate
• poll
• noggin
• block
• mazzard
• mazard
• noddle
• scalp
• crown
• cranium
• occiput

7

as in nonsense

nuts plural language, behavior, or ideas that are absurd and contrary to good sense

responding to your opponent's every argument with "Nuts!" is not exactly finely reasoned refutation

Synonyms & Similar Words

• nonsense
• stupidity
• garbage
• blah
• silliness
• fudge
• bull
• rot
• boloney
• bunk
• baloney
• malarky
• jazz
• buncombe
• bilge
• crock
• humbuggery
• absurdity
• falderal
• beans
• claptrap
• balderdash
• twaddle
• fiddle
• blither
• bosh
• flapdoodle
• bunkum
• guff
• hokum
• applesauce
• malarkey
• blatherskite
• hogwash
• drool
• blah-blah
• hooey
• poppycock
• tarradiddle
• trumpery
• tommyrot
• trash
• folderol
• rubbish
• absurdness
• tosh
• foolishness
• craziness
• piffle
• fiddlesticks
• blarney
• blather
• nerts
• drivel
• humbug
• taradiddle
• codswallop
• punk
• hoodoo
• crapola
• hokeypokey
• fiddle-faddle
• horsefeathers
• folly
• flannel
• moonshine
• muck
• insanity
• idiocy
• slush
• madness
• senselessness
• kookiness
• foolery
• gas
• lunacy
• inanity
• tomfoolery
• monkey business
• imbecility
• inaneness
• hot air
• rigamarole
• greek
• asininity
• rigmarole
• witlessness
• fatuity
• shenanigan(s)
• monkeyshine(s)
• hoity-toity
• hocus-pocus
• double-talk

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• rationality
• reasonableness
• sense
• common sense
• horse sense
• sensibleness
• judgment
• reasonability
• wisdom
• judgement
• levelheadedness
• discernment