Maniac

//ˈmeɪ.niˌæk//

Synonyms for "maniac" (106 found)

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Translations

75 translations across 32 languages.

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Armenian

4 entries
  • մանյակ noun (insane person)
  • մանյակ noun (fanatic, obsessive)
  • մոլագար noun (insane person)
  • մոլագար noun (fanatic, obsessive)

Belarusian

2 entries
  • манья́к noun (insane person)
  • манья́чка noun (insane person)

Bulgarian

1 entries
  • маниа́к noun (insane person)

Catalan

2 entries
  • maniàtic noun (fanatic, obsessive)
  • maníac noun (insane person)

Chinese Mandarin

4 entries
  • 狂人 noun (insane person)
  • 狂熱分子 /狂热分子 noun (fanatic, obsessive)
  • 瘋子 /疯子 noun (insane person)
  • noun (fanatic, obsessive)

Czech

2 entries
  • maniak noun (insane person)
  • maniak noun (fanatic, obsessive)

Dutch

4 entries
  • dolleman noun (insane person)
  • maniak noun (insane person)
  • maniak noun (fanatic, obsessive)
  • waanzinnige noun (insane person)

Esperanto

1 entries
  • maniulo noun (insane person)

Finnish

3 entries
  • fanaatikko noun (fanatic, obsessive)
  • kiihkoilija noun (fanatic, obsessive)
  • maanikko noun (insane person)

French

4 entries
  • cinglé noun (fanatic, obsessive)
  • cinglée noun (fanatic, obsessive)
  • maniaque noun (insane person)
  • maniaque noun (fanatic, obsessive)

Galician

4 entries
  • maniático noun (insane person)
  • maniático noun (fanatic, obsessive)
  • maníaco noun (insane person)
  • maníaco noun (fanatic, obsessive)

German

4 entries
  • Irre noun (insane person)
  • Irrer noun (insane person)
  • Verrückte noun (fanatic, obsessive)
  • Verrückter noun (fanatic, obsessive)

Greek

2 entries
  • μανιακός noun (insane person)
  • μανιακός noun (fanatic, obsessive)

Hebrew

3 entries
  • מַנְיַאק noun (insane person)
  • מַנְיַאק noun (fanatic, obsessive)
  • משוגע \ מְשֻׁגָּע noun (insane person)

Hungarian

3 entries
  • bolond noun (fanatic, obsessive)
  • mániás noun (fanatic, obsessive)
  • őrült noun (fanatic, obsessive)

Italian

2 entries
  • maniaco noun (insane person)
  • maniaco noun (fanatic, obsessive)

Japanese

1 entries
  • 狂人 noun (insane person)

Kikuyu

1 entries
  • mũgũrũki noun (insane person)

Korean

1 entries
  • 광인 noun (insane person)

Macedonian

1 entries
  • манијак noun (insane person)

Persian

2 entries
  • اُسکُل noun (insane person)
  • دیوانه noun (insane person)

Polish

4 entries
  • maniaczka noun (insane person)
  • maniaczka noun (fanatic, obsessive)
  • maniak noun (insane person)
  • maniak noun (fanatic, obsessive)

Portuguese

2 entries
  • maníaco noun (insane person)
  • maníaco noun (fanatic, obsessive)

Romanian

1 entries
  • maniac noun (insane person)

Russian

4 entries
  • манья́к noun (insane person)
  • манья́к noun (fanatic, obsessive)
  • манья́чка noun (insane person)
  • манья́чка noun (fanatic, obsessive)

Serbo-Croatian

2 entries
  • mànijāk noun (insane person)
  • ма̀нија̄к noun (insane person)

Slovak

1 entries
  • maniak noun (insane person)

Slovene

1 entries
  • manijak noun (insane person)

Spanish

3 entries
  • maniaco noun (insane person)
  • maniático noun (fanatic, obsessive)
  • maníaco noun (insane person)

Swedish

1 entries
  • maniker noun (insane person)

Turkish

1 entries
  • manyak noun (insane person)

Ukrainian

2 entries
  • манія́к noun (insane person)
  • манія́чка noun (insane person)

Sample sentences

16 total sentences available.

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Oh, the driver is a maniac.

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You're driving like a maniac!

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I can understand German as well as the maniac that invented it, but I talk it best through an interpreter.

Source: tatoeba (552740)

Tom drives like a maniac.

Source: tatoeba (1094209)

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Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.