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Zany
//ˈzeɪni//
Synonyms for "zany" (204 found)
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Closest matches (41)
Strong matches (61)
Adjective(8 words)
Noun(22 words)
cuckoodicklickdildoding dongding-a-lingding-dongdoldrumdoylemdunceeinsteinfatheadfinkfopdoodlefuckwitgonkgoobergoofgoofballgoosegudgeon
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Adjective(1 words)
Related words (102)
Noun(21 words)
jackaninnyjackassjerkloggerheadlunklunkheadmaroonmuttnimrodninnynoddypinheadpissbrainplankroastertardfacethickheadtittrash for brainsturkey
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jackassjesterjokerjokesmithjokesterkookylampoonerlife of the partyloonyludicrouslunaticmadmadcapmerrymerry-andrewmilksopmooncalfmoronmotleymotley fool
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naturalnonsensicalnutnuttypantalonepantaloonparodistperfect foolpickle-herringplayfulpolichinellepractical jokerpranksterpulcinellapunchpunchinellopunnerpunsterquipsterreparteeistridiculoussatiristscaramouchschmuckscrewballshow-offsillysimpletonslapsticksoftheadsopsportivestupid asstomfooltricksterwagwagwitwhackywildwisecrackerwitwitling
Adjective(16 words)
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10 entriesSynonyms
4 entriesRelated terms
1 entriesderived
2 entriesis a
1 entriesrelated to
10 entriessimilar
3 entriesTranslations
64 translations across 26 languages.
Arabic
4 entries- أهبل adj (ludicrously or incongruously comical)
- أَحْمَق adj (ludicrously or incongruously comical)
- حَمْقَاء adj (ludicrously or incongruously comical)
- هبلة adj (ludicrously or incongruously comical)
Belarusian
1 entries- сме́шны adj (ludicrously or incongruously comical)
Bulgarian
2 entries- палячовски adj (ludicrously or incongruously comical)
- смешен adj (ludicrously or incongruously comical)
Catalan
1 entries- esbojarrat adj (ludicrously or incongruously comical)
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 滑稽 adj (ludicrously or incongruously comical)
Czech
1 entries- bláznivý adj (ludicrously or incongruously comical)
Dutch
1 entries- zot adj (ludicrously or incongruously comical)
Esperanto
1 entries- frenezeta adj (ludicrously or incongruously comical)
Finnish
1 entries- hullunkurinen adj (ludicrously or incongruously comical)
French
2 entries- farfelu adj (ludicrously or incongruously comical)
- loufoque adj (ludicrously or incongruously comical)
Galician
4 entries- badío adj (ludicrously or incongruously comical)
- enxonias adj (ludicrously or incongruously comical)
- reloucado adj (ludicrously or incongruously comical)
- tolandrán adj (ludicrously or incongruously comical)
German
2 entries- durchgeknallt adj (ludicrously or incongruously comical)
- verrückt adj (ludicrously or incongruously comical)
Greek
1 entries- γελωτοποιός adj (ludicrously or incongruously comical)
Hungarian
4 entries- agyament adj (ludicrously or incongruously comical)
- bolondos adj (ludicrously or incongruously comical)
- buggyant adj (ludicrously or incongruously comical)
- dilis adj (ludicrously or incongruously comical)
Irish
2 entries- craiceáilte adj (ludicrously or incongruously comical)
- gealtach adj (ludicrously or incongruously comical)
Italian
1 entries- demenziale adj (ludicrously or incongruously comical)
Macedonian
1 entries- будалест adj (ludicrously or incongruously comical)
Norwegian
1 entries- ellevill adj (ludicrously or incongruously comical)
Persian
1 entries- شفت adj (ludicrously or incongruously comical)
Polish
1 entries- śmieszny adj (ludicrously or incongruously comical)
Portuguese
1 entries- bobo adj (ludicrously or incongruously comical)
Russian
4 entries- заба́вный adj (ludicrously or incongruously comical)
- идио́тский adj (ludicrously or incongruously comical)
- кло́унский adj (ludicrously or incongruously comical)
- коми́ческий adj (ludicrously or incongruously comical)
Spanish
3 entries- alocado adj (ludicrously or incongruously comical)
- chiflado adj (ludicrously or incongruously comical)
- disparatado adj (ludicrously or incongruously comical)
Swedish
1 entries- tokrolig adj (ludicrously or incongruously comical)
Thai
2 entries- ติงต๊อง adj (ludicrously or incongruously comical)
- บ๊อง adj (ludicrously or incongruously comical)
Turkish
2 entries- kaçık adj (ludicrously or incongruously comical)
- çatlak adj (ludicrously or incongruously comical)
Sample sentences
12 total sentences available.
He always had a zany sense of humor.
Source: tatoeba (5415770)
The otherwise dark and serious comic is punctuated by pages of zany side stories.
Source: tatoeba (10921415)
And I will admit now but never then that, more than once, listening to the Viennese chattering their zany German on the pavements, or taking himself to one of the struggling small theatres that were cropping up in cellars and bombed houses...
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