Insane

/ɪnˈseɪn/

Synonyms for "insane" (304 found)

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Closest matches (61)

Adjective(9 words)

mad absurd amazing astonishing baloney battiest crazier craziest crazy

Adjective(25 words)

5150apeshit bananas barkingbarking madbarmy bat-shit batchy batcrap batpoop bats batshit batty bonkersbread basketsbuggish buggy bughouse cra-cra cracked

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crackers cray cray-cray crazed crazy

abnormal absurd apish asinineat fever pitchbalmy batty bedlamite befooled beguiledbereft of reasonbesotted bonkers brainless brainsick buffoonish buggy bughouse bugs certifiable

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cockeyed crackbrained cracked crackers cranky crazed crazy

Strong matches (91)

Adjective(23 words)

crazy as a bedbugcrazy as a cootiecrazy as a cootie bugcrazy as a pet cooncuckoo daffy daft demented deranged distraught disturbed doolally dotty eccentric fantasticfruit loopsfucked in the headfucked upgaga harebrained

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hatstand kooky loco

credulous cuckoo daffy daft dazed delirious deluded demented demoniacdeprived of reasonderanged dilly disordered disoriented distraught dizzy doting dotty dull dumb

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Adjective(6 words)

delusional harebrained hogwash incredible insaner kookier

Noun(1 words)

gila

Related words (152)

Adjective(44 words)

loon loonyloony tunesloopy lunatic mad mentalmentally illmeshigener meshugge moonsicknon compos mentisnonsanenucking futsnutnut jobnutballs nuts nutso nutter

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nuttyoff the beamoff the chainover the edgepotty psycho psychoceramic psychotic ripshit screwy sicko squirrelly starkers tonto unbalanced unsane wackadoodle weird whackjob whacko whacky wode yampy zany

Noun(4 words)

looney mishegaas raving wacko

Adjective(16 words)

looneyier looniest lunatic maddestmental contentmental patientmentally ill groupmentally ill personmoonstruck nonsense preposterous psychotic ridiculousthe mentally illunbelievable wow

loony loopy ludicrous lunatic mad maddened maniac maniacal manic maudlin mazed mentalmentally deficientmeshuggah mind mindlessmoon struckmoon-struck moronic neurotic

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non composnon compos mentisnonsensicalnot all therenot rightnuts nutty oddof unsound mindoffout of itoverambitious overanxious overdesirous overeager overenthusiastic overzealous perfervid phrenetic potty psycho psychoneurotic psychotic queer quirky rabid raving reasonless reckless ridiculousround the bendsappy scatterbrained schizo schizoid schizophrenic screwy senseless sentimental sick sillyspaced outspacy stark-madstark-staring madstrange stupid tetched thoughtless tomfool touched twist ultrazealous unbalanced unearthly unhinged unrealistic unreasonable unsane unsettled unsound unthinking violent wacky wandering wet wild witless

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7 relation types

More general

7 entries

emotional expressionexclamation group interjection irrationalitymental conditionperson

More specific

12 entries

absurd amazing baloney delusionaldelusional personhogwash lunatics nonsense psychotic psychotics ridiculous wow

Collocations

15 entries

insane amountinsane asyluminsane asylum patientsinsane behaviorinsane costsinsane ideainsane paceinsane policyinsane priceinsane riskinsane scheduleinsane workloadmentally ill groupthe insanethe lunatics

Inflections

3 entries

insanesmore insanemost insane

Derivations

3 entries

insanely insaneness insanity

Antonyms

1 entries

sane

similar

68 entries

abnormalaround the bendbalmy barmy bats batty bonkers brainsick buggy certifiable certified crackbrained cracked crackers crazed crazy

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Sample sentences

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Hamlet acts as if he were insane.

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Are you insane for you to stay up all night playing cards?

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He went insane from the unhappy accident.

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The man must be insane.

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