madcap

Speech parts

1. madcap - Noun

2. madcap - Adjective

3. madcap - Adjective Satellite

Meaning

Inclined to wild sports; delighting in rash, absurd, or dangerous amusements.

Wild; reckless.

A person of wild behavior; an excitable, rash, violent person.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

daredevil lunatic impulsive impetuous hothead harum-scarum tearaway hotheaded swashbuckler harlequin amazon dragon batty loon berserker
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Antonyms

prudential common average chicken coward gallina
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Hypernyms

adventurer venturer

Hyponyms

tearaway

Phrases with the word

frantic madcap madcap person madcap scheme

Examples

At a time when pimpery, lick-spittlery, and picking the public's pocket are the order of the day - indeed, officially proclaimed as virtue - the poet must play the madcap to keep his balance. And ours. Studs Terkel

Literature boils with the madcap careers of writers brought to the edge by the demands of living on their nerves, wringing out their memories and their nightmares to extract meaning, truth, beauty. Herbert Gold

a hotheaded decision Source: Internet

liable to such impulsive acts as hugging strangers Source: Internet

an impetuous display of spending and gambling Source: Internet

madcap escapades Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

Madayag madbrain madbrained madcap person Madchester madchild