Synonyms of psychotic

psychotic

adjective

sī-ˈkä-tik 

sometimes offensive

as in insane

unable to think in a clear or sensible way

The identity of the psychotic criminal remains a puzzle.

Synonyms & Similar Words

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

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

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

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of psychotic

Aegon's on the run, Aemond's making psychotic decisions from the Iron Throne, and young mom/grandma Alicent Hightower (Olivia Cooke) is trying to maintain a sense of control in a power structure that has left her without agency. — Kelly Lawler, USA Today, 21 June 2026

In the second episode, Tom spends a night in the local inn, and ends up in a crawl space with the ghost of a psychotic killer clown. — Rachel Syme, New Yorker, 18 June 2026

The film follows a desperate mother struggling with her teenage son’s psychotic disorder. — Ed Meza, Variety, 15 June 2026

In that setting, every user will be screened for cardiac issues and a family history of psychosis, and guided through their trip by two professional facilitators who have a doctor on call—and even then, some users experience a psychotic break or profound dissociative episodes. — Ross Andersen, The Atlantic, 12 June 2026