nutso

Examples

• All

• His behavior at the party was completely nutso, screaming and dancing on the tables.

• Which is good, because this price is nutso.

  Blog text (8)

• And his economic policies are nutso.

  Blog text (22)

• How we gonna figure out who's really nutso and who's just having a bad week?

  Dead Man on Campus (1998)

• People thought it was nutso when she decided to quit her job and travel the world without any plans.

Synonyms

N

nutty

vsnutso

• Informal

55 7.2

Being a little crazy in a funny or strange way

is harsher and implies more serious mental instability or irrational action

M

maniacal

vsnutso

19 8.6

Very wild and out of control, seeming crazy

is used for frenzied behavior rather than general mental instability

B

batshit

vsnutso

• Offensive

16 9.9

An informal word for very crazy and hard to believe

is similarly pejorative but less extreme in degree

R

raving mad

vsnutso

• Informal

7 7.2

Acting or speaking in a wild, not sensible way

is less intense and more general about mental instability

C

crazed

vsnutso

1 5.0

Acting in a wild and uncontrolled way

is broader meaning general mental unsteadiness rather than frantic action

N

nutty as a fruitcake

vsnutso

• Informal

1 9.0

Very strange and silly in a way that seems crazy

is less idiomatic and more direct about mental instability

I

insane in the membrane

vsnutso

• Slang

1 9.8

Acting or feeling very silly and not thinking clearly, often as a joke

is more playful and exaggerated than the straightforward pejorative form

L

loco

vsnutso

• Offensive

1 9.9

Not behaving in a normal or sensible way

is more pejorative and centers on mental instability rather than oddity

N

nuts

vsnutso

• Offensive

8.6

Very crazy or doing things that show bad judgment

is the pejorative variant with a more playful ending

B

bonkers

vsnutso

• Informal

8.0

Acting or feeling very strange

is more strongly pejorative and may imply deeper mental instability

M

meshugana

vsnutso

• Offensive

9.9

Very silly or clearly crazy

is more general English not tied to a cultural or dialectal tone

M

meshuggah

vsnutso

• Slang

9.9

Feeling very silly or crazy in a funny way

is less affectionate and more plainly pejorative about instability

M

meshugga

vsnutso

• Slang

9.9

Acting very silly and not thinking clearly

is stronger about real mental instability rather than mere foolishness

C

cracked

vsnutso

• Offensive

7.4

Someone who acts a little crazy

is stronger and suggests wild irrational behavior rather than mild imbalance

Antonyms

S

sane

119 3.2

Having a healthy mind and able to think clearly

Compounds

N

nutso idea

• Slang

9.3

An idea that seems crazy or very unusual

How Crazy

insane

• Slur

524 4.0

nutso

• Slur

1 9.5

nutty

• Informal

55 7.2

odd

798 1.0

Surface Forms

Morphology

Etymology