Synonyms of nuts

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adjective

ˈnəts 

1

as in excited

showing urgent desire or interest

I'm nuts for the homecoming game.

Synonyms & Similar Words

• excited
• avid
• enthusiastic
• eager
• anxious
• hungry
• ardent
• pumped
• keen
• crazy
• bonkers
• impatient
• greedy
• juiced
• desirous
• thirsty
• wild
• gung ho
• interested
• happy
• voracious
• ready
• antsy
• solicitous
• geeked
• great
• agog
• champing at the bit
• chomping at the bit
• enthused
• hot
• stoked
• gaga
• willing
• raring
• hopped-up
• hepped up
• obsessed
• engaged
• athirst
• longing
• glad
• ambitious
• pining
• restless
• covetous
• craving
• game
• breathless
• inclined
• restive
• appetent
• disposed
• amenable
• hankering
• hung up
• unreluctant

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• indifferent
• apathetic
• casual
• unenthusiastic
• uninterested
• unconcerned
• detached
• aloof
• disinterested
• nonchalant
• insouciant
• incurious
• reluctant
• impassive
• uneager
• stolid
• unwilling
• lukewarm
• averse
• loath
• hesitant
• lackadaisical
• halfhearted
• languid
• spiritless
• languorous
• disinclined

2

as in mad

informal + sometimes offensive unable to think in a clear or sensible way

The bizarre rantings in the notes left behind by the artist convinced historians that the guy was nuts.

Synonyms & Similar Words

• mad
• insane
• psychotic
• maniacal
• crazy
• mental
• psycho
• crazed
• nutty
• off
• disturbed
• loco
• unhinged
• demented
• cracked
• batty
• unbalanced
• around the bend
• deranged
• certifiable
• crackers
• bonkers
• haywire
• depressed
• foolish
• out to lunch
• irrational
• non compos mentis
• daft
• strange
• eccentric
• bats
• obsessed
• brainsick
• unsound
• queer
• ballistic
• fey
• distracted
• off one's rocker
• off one's gourd
• unreasonable
• wud
• loopy
• off one's head
• distraught
• delusional
• out of one's head
• nuclear
• hysterical
• disordered
• frantic
• oddball
• delirious
• delusionary
• odd
• berserk
• touched
• aberrant
• dotty
• bananas
• potty
• pixilated
• raving
• witless
• ape
• senseless
• fixated
• monomaniacal
• teched
• frenzied
• monomaniac
• amok
• wigged-out

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• sound
• sane
• balanced
• reasonable
• clear
• rational
• wise
• sensible
• compos mentis
• normal
• uncrazy
• judicious
• lucid
• healthy
• well-adjusted
• unneurotic

nuts

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noun

plural of nut

as in nonsense

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

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

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

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of nuts

Adjective

Gunther went nuts with a powerbomb parade on Zayn and Rhodes until Sami countered with a rollup for a nearfall. — Alfred Konuwa, Forbes.com, 27 June 2026

How to Enjoy Nuts as a Snack A handful of your favorite nuts makes a tasty snack any time of day, but there are so many other ways to enjoy nuts morning, noon, and night. — Melissa Kravitz Hoeffner, Martha Stewart, 27 June 2026

Noun

Pulse until nuts are chopped (some pieces will be fairly large, others ground into a powder). — Cathy Thomas, Oc Register, 28 July 2026

Even if eggs are boiled or poached, pairing them with healthy fats like avocado or nuts can provide the fat needed to support vitamin D absorption. — Morgan Pearson, Verywell Health, 26 July 2026

Phrases Containing nuts

• nuts (about)
• nuts and bolts

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