What is another word for maniac?
506 synonyms found
Pronunciation:
[ mˈe͡ɪnɪˌak], [ mˈeɪnɪˌak], [ m_ˈeɪ_n_ɪ__ˌa_k]
Whether in fiction, news, or regular conversation, the word "maniac" is used to describe people who exhibit extreme, irrational, or violent behavior. While it may be tempting to rely on such a charged and attention-grabbing term, using more varied vocabulary can make writing and speech more engaging and nuanced. Some synonyms for maniac may include fanatic, zealot, lunatic, nutcase, psychopath, or extremist. Each of these terms carries its own connotations and shades of meaning, from an obsessive devotion to a particular cause, to a lack of empathy or impulse control. Depending on the context, substituting one of these words for maniac can add depth and complexity to a description, while avoiding the potentially offensive or inflammatory associations that can come with the word "maniac".
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Similar words for maniac:
- crazed (adjective)
- deranged (adjective)
- ireful (adjective)
- lunatic (adjective)
- all (adjective)
- bananas (adjective)
- delirious (adjective)
- demented (adjective)
- furious (adjective)
- loco (adjective)
- mental (adjective)
- unhinged (adjective)
- bigot (noun)
- crackpot (noun)
- crazy person (noun)
- ding-a-ling (noun)
- enthusiast (noun)
- fanatic (noun)
- fiend (noun)
- insane person (noun)
- lunatic (noun)
- mad person (noun)
- madman (noun)
- nut (noun)
- pervert (noun)
- psychopath (noun)
- sociopath (noun)
- zealot (noun)
Synonyms for Maniac:
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adj.
• crazed • deranged • ireful • lunatic- psyched out ,
- kooky ,
- zany .
- crazy as loon ,
- mad as hatter ,
- off one rocker ,
- off ones rocker ,
- sick head ,
- sick in head ,
- sick the head .
- be wildered ,
- be-wildered ,
- dis arranged ,
- dis ordered ,
- dis-arranged ,
- dis-ordered ,
- in coherent ,
- in sane ,
- in saner ,
- in sanest ,
- in-coherent ,
- in-sane ,
- in-saner ,
- in-sanest ,
- more deviate ,
- more disarranged ,
- more flipped ,
- more maniacal ,
- most deviate ,
- most disarranged ,
- most flipped ,
- off head ,
- off one head ,
- off ones head ,
- out head ,
- out of one head ,
- out of one skull ,
- out of ones head ,
- out of ones skull ,
- out of skull ,
- out one head ,
- out one skull ,
- out one's head ,
- out one's skull ,
- out ones head ,
- out ones skull ,
- out skull ,
- un reasonable ,
- un settled ,
- un-reasonable ,
- un-settled .
- be mused ,
- be-mused ,
- in ozone ,
- more crackbrained ,
- more schizoid ,
- more unglued ,
- more whacko ,
- most crackbrained ,
- most schizoid ,
- most unglued ,
- most whacko ,
- out gourd ,
- out of gourd ,
- out of one gourd ,
- out of one tree ,
- out of ones gourd ,
- out of ones tree ,
- out of tree ,
- out one gourd ,
- out one tree ,
- out one's gourd ,
- out one's tree ,
- out ones gourd ,
- out ones tree ,
- out tree ,
- schitzier ,
- schitziest ,
- un balanced ,
- un glued ,
- un sound ,
- un sounder ,
- un soundest ,
- un-balanced ,
- un-glued ,
- un-sound ,
- un-sounder ,
- un-soundest .
- bent out shape ,
- fit be tied ,
- in censed ,
- in-censed ,
- more corybantic ,
- more fuming ,
- more hacked ,
- more smoking ,
- more steamed ,
- most corybantic ,
- most fuming ,
- most hacked ,
- most smoking ,
- most steamed ,
- on warpath ,
- up arms .
- around bend ,
- de railed ,
- de-railed ,
- more derailed ,
- more schizophrenic ,
- most derailed ,
- most schizophrenic .
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n.
• bigot • crackpot • crazy person • ding-a-ling • enthusiast • fanatic • fiend • insane person • lunatic • mad person • madman • nut • pervert • psychopath • sociopath • zealot Other synonyms:
- DUMBO ,
- Daffy ,
- MUPPET ,
- Nelly ,
- airhead ,
- bananas ,
- batty ,
- bimbo ,
- blockhead ,
- bonkers ,
- boob ,
- booby ,
- bozo ,
- brainsick ,
- buffoon ,
- clod ,
- clown ,
- cluck ,
- crackers ,
- ding-a-ling ,
- dodo ,
- dolt ,
- donkey ,
- doofus ,
- dotty ,
- duffer ,
- dullard ,
- dumb blond ,
- dumbbell ,
- dummy ,
- dunce ,
- dunderhead ,
- egomaniac ,
- enthusiast ,
- fathead ,
- fruity ,
- goof ,
- goofball ,
- goon ,
- goose ,
- half-wit ,
- headcase ,
- ignoramus ,
- knucklehead ,
- lamebrain ,
- loco ,
- loony tune ,
- lummox ,
- lump ,
- lunkhead ,
- meatball ,
- mentally ill ,
- moo ,
- moron ,
- neanderthal ,
- nincompoop ,
- ninny ,
- nitwit ,
- numbskull ,
- numpty ,
- numskull ,
- nutjob ,
- oddball ,
- plodder ,
- prat ,
- scatterbrain ,
- schlemiel ,
- schlep ,
- schmuck ,
- schnook ,
- screwball ,
- simpleton ,
- space cadet ,
- turkey ,
- twerp ,
- twit ,
- weirdo .
- buggy ,
- child ,
- cracked ,
- daft ,
- demented ,
- devotee ,
- distraught ,
- fool ,
- gaga ,
- joker ,
- loony ,
- madwoman ,
- non compos mentis ,
- nuts ,
- nutty ,
- oddity ,
- screwy ,
- unbalanced ,
- wacky ,
- wildcat .
- disordered ,
- eccentric ,
- freak ,
- moonstruck ,
- touched ,
- unsound ,
- zealot .
- fanatic .
- off .
Other relevant words:
- Aliene ,
- Dement ,
- Energumen ,
- FOU ,
- Luny ,
- Mentally Disabled ,
- Non compos ,
- Ravished ,
- Storming ,
- Transported ,
- abandoned ,
- addict ,
- aficionado ,
- amok ,
- angry ,
- around the bend ,
- bacchic ,
- bedlamite ,
- bellowing ,
- berserk ,
- bigot ,
- borderline case ,
- buff ,
- carried away ,
- crackbrain ,
- crazed ,
- crazy as a loon ,
- crazy person ,
- cuckoo ,
- daredevil ,
- delirious ,
- demoniac ,
- demoniacal ,
- demonic ,
- deranged ,
- desperate ,
- devil ,
- dingbat ,
- dipsomaniac ,
- diseased person ,
- distracted ,
- ecstatic ,
- enraptured ,
- extremist ,
- fan ,
- feral ,
- ferocious ,
- fierce ,
- firefighter ,
- fireman ,
- follower ,
- foolish ,
- frantic ,
- frenetic ,
- frenzied ,
- fruitcake ,
- furious ,
- haggard ,
- hog-wild ,
- homicidal ,
- hothead ,
- hound ,
- howling ,
- hypochondriac ,
- hysterical ,
- idiot ,
- insane ,
- insane person ,
- intoxicated ,
- irate ,
- ireful ,
- irrational ,
- kleptomaniac ,
- loon ,
- looney ,
- low spirits ,
- mad as a hatter ,
- mad person ,
- madcap ,
- madperson ,
- maniacal ,
- manic ,
- mental ,
- militant ,
- mindless ,
- monomaniac ,
- not all there ,
- nutcase ,
- nutter ,
- nutty as a fruitcake ,
- of unsound mind ,
- off one's head ,
- off one's rocker ,
- orgasmic ,
- orgiastic ,
- out of one's mind ,
- paranoiac ,
- paranoid ,
- phrenetic ,
- possessed ,
- psycho ,
- rabid ,
- radical ,
- raging ,
- ranting ,
- raver ,
- raving ,
- raving lunatic ,
- raving mad ,
- roaring ,
- run amok ,
- run amuck ,
- schizo ,
- schizoid ,
- schizophrenic ,
- section 8 ,
- sick in the head ,
- sickie ,
- sicko ,
- sociopath ,
- stark raving mad ,
- sufferer ,
- swashbuckler ,
- uncontrollable ,
- unhinged ,
- violent ,
- wacko ,
- wild ,
- wild-eyed ,
- witless .
- Corybantic ,
- Hacked ,
- bent out of shape ,
- browned off ,
- bummed out ,
- crackbrained ,
- hopping mad ,
- in the ozone ,
- lunatic ,
- not there ,
- nutsy ,
- nutty as fruitcake ,
- off rocker ,
- on the warpath ,
- out of head ,
- out of one's gourd ,
- out of one's head ,
- out of one's tree ,
- psychiatric ,
- schitzy ,
- smoking ,
- unglued ,
- whacko ,
- Flipped ,
- enraged ,
- idiotic ,
- neurotic ,
- out of one's skull ,
- steamed .
- Antisocial Personalities ,
- Antisocial Personality ,
- Madmen ,
- Puritans ,
- Ultraist ,
- Votarist ,
- activist ,
- activists ,
- crackpot ,
- crazies ,
- crazyman ,
- doctrinaire ,
- doctrinaires ,
- dogmatist ,
- dogmatists ,
- fancier ,
- fiend ,
- head case ,
- insane man ,
- madman ,
- mental case ,
- mental defective ,
- nut ,
- nut case ,
- nutcases ,
- nutters ,
- opinionated person ,
- persecutor ,
- persecutors ,
- person ,
- psychiatric patient ,
- psychopath ,
- ravers ,
- schizoids ,
- segregationist ,
- segregationists ,
- sexist ,
- sexists ,
- sick person ,
- superpatriot ,
- unstable personality ,
- visionary ,
- wackos .
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How to use "Maniac" in context?
Maniac is a term used to describe someone who has a mental disorder characterized by having severe and persistent delusions or hallucinations. The symptoms can be so severe that the person cannot function in society. Maniacs are typically diagnosed in the early stages of their disorder, when they are still able to function relatively well. The disorder can often be treated with medication and therapy.
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Hyponym for Maniac:
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person
fancier, enthusiast.
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person
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