LUNATIC


Meaning of LUNATIC in English

I. adjective

1.

Synonyms: insane 1, ||batty, cracked, crazed, crazy, demented, deranged, mad, maniac, unsound

2.

Synonyms: foolish 2, absurd, ||balmy, crazy, fantastic, insane, loony, ||potty, preposterous, wacky

II. noun

1.

a person who is insane or of unsound mind

Bedlam was a famous old English asylum for lunatics

Synonyms: bedlamite, dement, loon, loony, madling, madman, maniac, non compos, nut, Tom o' Bedlam

Related Word: demoniac, energumen; raver; neuropath, neurotic, paranoid, psycho, psychoneurotic

2.

Synonyms: crackpot , crackbrain, crank, cuckoo, ding-a-ling, harebrain, kook, nut, screwball

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