Madcap

/ˈmædkæp/

Synonyms for "madcap" (162 found)

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Closest matches (33)

Noun(3 words)

adventurer adventuress adventurous ardent audacious banana beast beldam berserk berserker bold bomber brash brazenface brute burlesquer caricaturist clown comedian comic

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cutup daredevil daring death-defying demon devil devilish dragon epigrammatist

Adjective(1 words)

brainish

Strong matches (48)

Noun(5 words)

escapade farcical frivolous harum-scarum hothead

fanatic fanatical fiend fieryfire eaterfire-eater fire-eating firebrand flaming foolhardy forward funnyman furygag writergagman gagster goon gorilla gunselhard core

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hard-core hardnose hare-brained harebrained harum-scarum hasty heatedhell raiserhell-raiser hellcat hellhound hellionholy terrorhood hoodlum hot hothead hotheaded hotspur humorist ill-advised

Adjective(2 words)

hotheaded impetuous

Related words (81)

Noun(13 words)

impetuous jocose lunatic mirthful playful prankster rash reckless ridiculous stunt swashbuckler whimsical zany

Adjective(2 words)

impulsive tearaway

incendiary inconsiderate inflamed ironist jester joker jokesmith jokester killer lampoonerlife of the partymadmad dogmadbrain madbrained mafioso monster mugger parodist passionate

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prankster precipitate presumptuous punner punster quipster rantipole rapistred hotred-hot reparteeist revolutionary satirist savage scorching she-wolf spitfire termagant terror terrorist thoughtless tiger tigresstotally committedtoughtough guyugly customerviolent virago vixen wag wagwitwhite hotwhite-hot wildwild beastwild manwild-ass wisecracker wit witch witling wolfyoung turkzany zealous

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6 relation types

More general

8 entries

adventurer comedic eccentric humorous person plan unconventional venturer

More specific

11 entries

daredevil dramatic escapade fanciful farcical prankster screwball slapstick stunt whimsical zany

Collocations

9 entries

madcap adventuremadcap anticsmadcap escapademadcap humormadcap ideamadcap planmadcap schememadcap stuntmadcap venture

Inflections

3 entries

madcapsmore madcapmost madcap

Derivations

1 entries

madcapness

similar

1 entries

incautious

Sample sentences

17 total sentences available.

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Near-synonyms: mad lad, madlad

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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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