Synonyms of wacky

wacky

adjective

ˈwa-kē 

variants also whacky

1

as in bizarre

different from the ordinary in a way that causes curiosity or suspicion

raised by an uncle with a rather wacky philosophy of parenting

Synonyms & Similar Words

• bizarre
• eccentric
• strange
• weird
• funny
• odd
• peculiar
• crazy
• curious
• remarkable
• unusual
• quirky
• off-the-wall
• offbeat
• kooky
• outlandish
• funky
• screwy
• erratic
• wild
• kinky
• queer
• unconventional
• outrageous
• quaint
• outré
• out-of-the-way
• unique
• far-out
• way-out
• kookie
• bizarro
• weirdo
• fantastical
• off-kilter
• cranky
• rum
• queerish
• abnormal
• extraordinary
• uncommon
• freaky
• spaced-out
• freakish
• prominent
• aberrant
• flaky
• atypical
• striking
• out-there
• shocking
• fantastic
• outstanding
• singular
• phantasmagoric
• freak
• phenomenal
• rare
• idiosyncratic
• notable
• phantasmagorical
• perplexing
• noticeable
• conspicuous
• unorthodox
• baffling
• salient
• unwonted
• puzzling
• atrocious
• confounding
• nonconformist
• bewildering
• mystifying
• crotchety
• addlepated
• uncustomary
• nonmainstream

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• normal
• typical
• usual
• ordinary
• standard
• average
• routine
• commonplace
• prosaic
• everyday
• conventional
• conservative
• garden
• unremarkable
• familiar
• predictable
• unexceptional
• run-of-the-mill
• workaday
• common
• regular
• frequent
• conformist
• expected
• customary
• habitual
• knee-jerk
• wonted

2

as in psychotic

having or showing a very abnormal or sick state of mind

a series of bizarre letters that the killer sent to the police, detailing his wacky, disturbed view of the world

Synonyms & Similar Words

• psychotic
• mental
• insane
• eccentric
• paranoid
• psycho
• strange
• paranoidal
• mad
• irrational
• lunatic
• kooky
• crazed
• crazy
• demented
• deranged
• nutty
• disturbed
• maniacal
• loony
• screwy
• whacko
• wacko
• looney
• unbalanced
• daffy
• unhinged
• cracked
• daft
• maniac
• haywire
• around the bend
• nuts
• batty
• kookie
• bedlam
• bonkers
• barmy
• cuckoo
• crackpot
• scatty
• certifiable
• loony tunes
• odd
• meshuga
• crackbrained
• moonstruck
• bughouse
• obsessed
• out to lunch
• non compos mentis
• depressed
• gaga
• unsound
• disordered
• loco
• fruity
• brainsick
• balmy
• meshugah
• looney tunes
• oddball
• bats
• loopy
• distraught
• meshuggah
• meshugge
• cranky
• foolish
• schizophrenic
• neurotic
• unreasonable
• schizoid
• wud
• paranoic
• crackers
• frantic
• delusional
• out of one's mind
• hysteric
• aberrant
• hysterical
• delirious
• delusionary
• sociopathic
• paranoiac
• dotty
• obsessive-compulsive
• tetched
• off one's gourd
• off one's rocker
• fey
• off one's head
• out of one's head
• pixillated
• pixilated
• nuclear
• ballistic
• queer
• touched
• witless
• berserk
• off
• wigged-out
• potty
• amuck
• frenzied
• teched
• ape
• senseless
• monomaniacal
• raving
• amok
• distracted
• fixated
• monomaniac
• bananas

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

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

3

as in silly

showing or marked by a lack of good sense or judgment

one club member whose wacky ideas for fund-raisers usually produced groans

Synonyms & Similar Words

• silly
• nonsensical
• absurd
• crazy
• looney
• foolish
• stupid
• zany
• ridiculous
• lunatic
• kooky
• insane
• mad
• nutty
• simple
• loony
• irrational
• asinine
• daffy
• screwball
• dippy
• preposterous
• fatuous
• daft
• weak
• harebrained
• jerky
• unwise
• cuckoo
• inept
• dotty
• fool
• sappy
• witless
• crackpot
• simpleminded
• out to lunch
• kookie
• cockeyed
• unreasonable
• senseless
• soft
• brainless
• dumb
• idiotic
• balmy
• dim
• weak-minded
• half-baked
• slow
• bubbleheaded
• lunkheaded
• tomfool
• notional
• moronic
• half-witted
• unreasoning
• dense
• illogical
• dopey
• featherheaded
• imbecilic
• thick
• clueless
• dull
• thoughtless
• dorky
• obtuse
• ludicrous
• vacuous
• opaque
• doltish
• imbecile
• farcical
• unintelligent
• lamebrain
• dunderheaded
• brain-dead
• feebleminded
• mindless
• oafish
• pinheaded
• laughable
• thickheaded
• fallacious
• idiotical
• dopy
• softheaded
• unreasoned
• lamebrained
• nonrational
• unsound
• invalid
• clownish
• knuckleheaded
• dim-witted
• surd
• chuckleheaded
• gormless
• empty-headed
• airheaded
• buffoonish
• slow-witted
• ill-advised
• boobish
• birdbrained
• chowderheaded
• unconsidered

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• sound
• wise
• sensible
• sane
• prudent
• clever
• judicious
• intelligent
• reasonable
• bright
• smart
• logical
• valid
• sagacious
• rational
• sage
• brainy
• sapient
• well-advised

Examples of wacky in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Quiz Lady stars Oh and Awkwafina as sisters (the former eccentric and wacky, the latter serious and knowledgeable) who embark on a cross-country road trip in the hopes of acing a TV game show and earning enough money to pay off their mother's debts. —Christian Holub, EW.com, 9 Sep. 2024

Delia has grown warmer, wackier, and less supercilious; O’Hara, a genius of comedy, gives her a faint dash of Moira Rose dottiness. —Justin Chang, The New Yorker, 6 Sep. 2024

This chocolate wacky cake recipe might just be our easiest dessert yet. —Sarah Martens, Better Homes & Gardens, 28 Sep. 2024

Tuesday’s loss was just one of those wacky things that happen in baseball. —Houston Mitchell, Los Angeles Times, 27 Sep. 2024