Near-synonyms: mad lad, madlad
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Madcap
//ˈmædkæp//
Synonyms for "madcap" (315 found)
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Noun(34 words)
Adjective(1 words)
Strong matches (95)
Related words (157)
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Noun(89 words)
jamokejerkjerkoffjolterheadjoltheadjugginsjugheadknuckleheadkooklamebrainloonyloony tunemad ladmad personmadheadmadladmadmanmameluke (us (italian-american)maroonmeathead
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Adjective(1 words)
Adjective(1 words)
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3 translations across 3 languages.
Bulgarian
1 entries- лудетина noun (person who acts in a capricious, impulsive, or reckless manner)
Finnish
1 entries- huimapää noun (person who acts in a capricious, impulsive, or reckless manner)
Russian
1 entries- сумасбро́д noun (person who acts in a capricious, impulsive, or reckless manner)
Sample sentences
17 total sentences available.
Come-on you mad-cap: Ile to the Ale-houſe vvith you preſently; […]
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There vvas then in preſence, a certaine old Knight, called Sir Hugh Linne, a good ſouldier, but a very mad-cap, & one that liued chiefely vpon the liberalitie of noble men; […]
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Lord, that ſuch a Mad-Cap as I ſhould ever live to be jealous!
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