Screwball

/ˈskɹuːbɔːl/

Synonyms for "screwball" (182 found)

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Closest matches (37)

Noun(4 words)

abnormal alien aliene anomalous arbitrary balmy bananas barmy bats batty beany bedlamite bonkersborderline casebowl buggy bughouse bugs case cast

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change of pacechange-up character chuck chunk crackbrain crackers crackpot crank crankish cranky crotchety

Adjective(1 words)

crazy

Strong matches (54)

cuckoo curve daffy dement demoniac deviant deviative differentding-a-lingdippy divergent dotty downcurve eccentric energumen erratic exceptional fanatic fastball fey

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flake flaky fling flip flippedforward passfou freak freaked-out freakish fruitcakey fruity funny gaga gnominious goofy harebrain haywire heave hermit hobo hurl idiocratic idiosyncratic idiot incurve irregularjust plain nutskinky knuckleball

Noun(3 words)

eccentric fruitcake idiosyncratic

Adjective(1 words)

half-baked

Related words (91)

kook kooky laterallateral passloblone wolfloner loon loony loopy lunatic madman maggoty maniac maverick meshuggenah natural noncompos nonconformist nonsensical

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nut nuts nutty oddodd fellowoddball oddityoff the hingesoff the trackoff the walloriginal outcurve outsider pariah pass peculiar peg phrenetic pitch potty psychotic put queerqueer duckqueer fishqueer specimenquirkyrara avisraving lunaticrecluseround the bendscrewballs screwy serve serviceshot putshot-put shy singular sinker slaphappy slider sling solitary spitball spitter strangestrange duckthrow toss tramp twisted type unconventional unnatural upcurve wacky weirdo whimsical zany zealot

Noun(9 words)

kooknut casenutbag nutcase oddball quirkyspecial pitchunconventionalunconventional pitch

Adjective(1 words)

softheaded

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More general

10 entries

adjective deliverydescriptive termeccentriceccentric personflake geek oddball person pitch

More specific

7 entries

left handed screwballnut oddball offbeat quirkyright handed screwballzany

Collocations

11 entries

screwball approachscrewball behaviorscrewball comedyscrewball humorscrewball hypothesisscrewball ideascrewball personalityscrewball pitchscrewball pitcherscrewball planscrewball proposal

Inflections

3 entries

more screwballmost screwballscrewballs

Derivations

4 entries

screwballer screwballish screwballism screwballness

similar

1 entries

impractical

Sample sentences

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He is a screwball.

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Tom is a screwball.

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The screwball is not thrown much because it tends to damage pitcher's arms.

Source: wiktionary

I will not listen to this screwball any longer.

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