lunatic

Speech parts

1. lunatic - Noun

2. lunatic - Adjective

3. lunatic - Adjective Satellite

Meaning

Affected by lunacy; insane; mad.

Of or pertaining to, or suitable for, an insane person; evincing lunacy; as, lunatic gibberish; a lunatic asylum.

A person affected by lunacy; an insane person, esp. one who has lucid intervals; a madman; a person of unsound mind.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

daredevil mad maniac insane madman crazed demented hothead madcap maniacal moonstruck swashbuckler psychotic flake batty
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Antonyms

down-to-earth sound normal lucid politic sapient
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Hypernyms

adventurer venturer sufferer sick person diseased person

Hyponyms

looney loony crazy nutcase tearaway bedlamite

Related terms

de lunatico inquirendo lunatic soup

Phrases with the word

less lunatic crazy lunatic lunatic gleam

Anagrams

tunical

Examples

The place where optimism most flourishes is the lunatic asylum. Havelock Ellis

My Father had a profound influence on me. He was a lunatic. Spike Milligan

A casual stroll through the lunatic asylum shows that faith does not prove anything. Friedrich Nietzsche

If I were to say what I really think I would be arrested or shut away in a lunatic asylum. Come on, I am sure that it would be the same for everyone. Roberto Bolaño

What can you do against the lunatic who is more intelligent than yourself, who gives your arguments a fair hearing and then simply persists in his lunacy? George Orwell

I am certain that a Sewing Machine would relieve as much human suffering as a hundred Lunatic Asylums, and possibly a good deal more. Margaret Atwood

Close letter words and terms

lunate sigma lunated lunately lunatic asylum lunatic fringe lunatic gleam