Loony

/ˈluːni/

Synonyms for "loony" (146 found)

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Closest matches (30)

Noun(3 words)

absurd apish asinine balmy bananas barmy bats batty beany bedlamite befooled beguiled besotted bonkersborderline casebrainless buffoonish buggy bughouse bugs

Adjective(7 words)

around the bendbalmy barmy bats batty bonkers buggy

Strong matches (43)

cockeyed crackbrain crackers crazy credulous cuckoo daffy daft dazed dement demoniac deranged dilly dippy dizzy doting dotty dumb fanatic fantastic

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fatuitous fatuous flake flaky flipped fond fool foolheaded foolish fou freaked-out fruitcakey fruity fuddled futile gaga

Adjective(5 words)

cracked crackers daft dotty fruity

Noun(2 words)

crackpot eccentric

Related words (73)

goofy gulled harebrained haywire idiot idiotic imbecile inane inept infatuated insanejust plain nutskook kooky loon loopy mad madman maniac maniacal

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maudlin mental moronicnon composnonsensical nut nuts nuttyoff the hingesoff the trackoff the wallpotty preposterous psychotic queerround the bendsappy screwball screwballs screwy senseless sentimental silly slaphappy stupid thoughtless tomfool unearthly wacky wet witless zany

Adjective(10 words)

haywire kookie kooky loco loopy nuts nuttyround the bendwacky whacky

Noun(11 words)

insane looney lunatic mad madman nut nutcase nutty oddball psycho wacky

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More general

5 entries

descriptive adjectiveevaluative termlunatic maniac person

More specific

7 entries

crackpot nutcase nutty oddball wacky weirdo zany

Collocations

8 entries

local loonyloony behaviorloony binloony idealoony proposalloony schemespublic loonytown loony

Inflections

5 entries

loonies looniest loonyermore loonymost loony

Derivations

2 entries

looniness loonyish

similar

1 entries

insane

Sample sentences

10 total sentences available.

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He's fit for the loony bin.

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You know Tom is a loony tune.

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Some people might regard belief in ghosts as loony.

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If you carry on like this, they'll send you to the loony bin.

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