SCHIZOPHRENIC Synonyms: 105 Similar and Opposite Words

schizophrenic

adjective

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Recent Examples of schizophrenic The Royal Road to the Un-Understandable This schizophrenic self that emerges in a vehicle is what links road horror to dream states. — Literary Hub, 30 Oct. 2026 The 911 caller told police that their schizophrenic son had struck her 69-year-old husband on the head with a hammer. — Wcco Staff, CBS News, 21 Oct. 2026 What’s emerged is a schizophrenic marketplace where art and commerce have fused into The Substance. — Joseph Kahn, HollywoodReporter, 8 Oct. 2026 These days, large language models are pushing the line between schizophrenic break and reality closer than ever before. — Joe Wilkins, Futurism, 9 Sep. 2026 As her life is starting, her mother suffers from an acute schizophrenic episode. — Rafa Sales Ross, Variety, 16 June 2026 Senior Deputy District Attorney Jeff Moore acknowledged that Fahim was schizophrenic, but argued that the killings were driven by Fahim’s anger at his workplace dispute with Cuomo, not his mental illness. — Sean Emery, Oc Register, 14 Apr. 2026 In many-minded terms, an octopus’s natural life spans so many lives that the one-minded might call it unnatural or even schizophrenic. — Mandy-Suzanne Wong, Longreads, 5 Feb. 2026 The ongoing controversy surrounding the police shooting of a mentalliy ill Queens schizophrenic man who charged at cops with a knife ratcheted up a notch Wednesday with the release of 911 audio the NYPD says makes clear police were going to be responding to the episode. — Rocco Parascandola, New York Daily News, 4 Feb. 2026

Recent Examples of Synonyms for schizophrenic

Adjective

The artist adopts a schizoid persona, with multiple voices flowing out of him, and swerves between lucid social criticism—about the history of slavery or of higher education—and total gibberish.

— Zachary Fine, New Yorker, 10 Aug. 2026
The idea of a schizoid Lady M is not entirely without appeal, but despite strong performances across the board, the work runs aground fast.

— Rhoda Feng, Washington Post, 14 Apr. 2024

Definition of schizoid

Adjective

With the level of skill and talent in the room and Fagen’s neurotic focus, The Nightfly would be a glimmering sonic masterpiece, even as his material looked back to the days of two-track recordings mixed to mono.

— Mark Richardson, Pitchfork, 8 Nov. 2026
The actress, 33, joins Ben Stiller and Robert De Niro’s hit Meet the Parents franchise as Samantha, the daughter of Stiller’s neurotic Greg.

— Rebecca Aizin, PEOPLE, 4 Nov. 2026

Definition of neurotic

Adjective

Franklyn wrote in Daddy Issues that because of the drama and media speculation that came along with it, she became withdrawn and paranoid.

— CT Jones, Rolling Stone, 10 Nov. 2026
For Spielberg’s tense thriller about the aftermath of the 1972 Olympics massacre, Kaminski looked to the gritty, paranoid cinema of the 1970s.

— Scott Roxborough, HollywoodReporter, 8 Nov. 2026

Definition of paranoid

Adjective

Ultimately, these tools could yield discoveries about the brain and potentially even treatments for psychiatric conditions such as post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), schizophrenia and obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD).

— Simon Makin, Scientific American, 29 Oct. 2026
The medical community, however, views them as effective and necessary treatments for people with a wide range of mental disorders, including depression, anxiety and obsessive-compulsive disorder.

— Awais Aftab, New York Times, 27 Oct. 2026

Definition of obsessive-compulsive

Adjective

But manipulation of material and audience by a filmmaker whose topic is a manipulative, criminally convicted, and arguably sociopathic person is another matter.

— Torie Bosch, STAT, 24 Oct. 2026
Underneath that façade was a sociopathic white supremacist neo-Nazi filled with hatred, fantasizing about mass murder nearly every day.

— Asal Rezaei, CBS News, 16 Oct. 2026

Definition of sociopathic

Adjective

With delirious melodic instincts, the Bronx rapper’s new tape evokes Young Money-era swag on a SoundCloud budget.

— Alphonse Pierre, Pitchfork, 4 Nov. 2026
San José is a six-hour drive from Los Angeles, a delirious journey through mountain passes and across the Central Valley.

— Deputy Managing Editor, Los Angeles Times, 27 Oct. 2026

Definition of delirious

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