What is another word for zany?
Pronunciation:
[ zˈe͡ɪni], [ zˈeɪni], [ z_ˈeɪ_n_i]
Synonyms for Zany:
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adj.
• foolish- cockamamy ,
- halfwitted ,
- nerdy ,
- fantastic ,
- feebleminded ,
- ill-advised ,
- ill-considered ,
- imprudent ,
- incautious ,
- indiscreet ,
- injudicious ,
- irrational ,
- short-sighted ,
- silly ,
- unintelligent ,
- unreasonable ,
- weak .
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n.
• buffoon • buffoonish • clowlike • clown- cut-up ,
- merrymaker ,
- mime ,
- mountebank ,
- mummer ,
- ribald .
- actor ,
- laugh ,
- stooge ,
- top banana .
- goof .
- twat .
Other synonyms:
- absurd ,
- cockeyed ,
- comedian ,
- comic ,
- comical ,
- droll ,
- funny ,
- harebrained ,
- imbecilic ,
- jester ,
- laughable ,
- moronic ,
- nonsensical ,
- preposterous .
- mad .
- wit .
Other relevant words:
- Badaud ,
- Buffo ,
- Burlesquer ,
- Chucklehead ,
- Daffy ,
- Dizzard ,
- Epigrammatist ,
- Gaby ,
- Jack-pudding ,
- Jobbernowl ,
- Kidder ,
- Looby ,
- Mooncalf ,
- Ninnyhammer ,
- Nizy ,
- Noddy ,
- Nonny ,
- Persifleur ,
- Pickle-herring ,
- Punchinello ,
- Punner ,
- Weak-minded ,
- Witling ,
- ability ,
- airheaded ,
- ament ,
- amusingly ,
- anserine ,
- arbitrary ,
- asinine ,
- ass ,
- babbler ,
- balmy ,
- banana ,
- barmy ,
- bats ,
- batty ,
- bizarre ,
- blockhead ,
- bonkers ,
- booby ,
- boor ,
- born fool ,
- brainless ,
- bubbleheaded ,
- buffoon ,
- buggy ,
- camp ,
- campy ,
- caricaturist ,
- cat ,
- character ,
- chowderhead ,
- clown ,
- clownlike ,
- columbine ,
- comedienne ,
- comically ,
- cracked ,
- crackers ,
- crackpot ,
- cretin ,
- cunt ,
- curiously ,
- cutup ,
- daft ,
- diverting ,
- dizzy ,
- dolt ,
- doltish ,
- donkey ,
- doodle ,
- dopy ,
- dotty ,
- drolly ,
- dumb ,
- eccentric ,
- empty-headed ,
- entertainer ,
- entertaining ,
- exhibitionist ,
- facetious ,
- far-out ,
- farcical ,
- farcically ,
- fatuous ,
- featherbrained ,
- featherheaded ,
- frolicsome ,
- fruitcake ,
- fruity ,
- funnily ,
- funny man ,
- funny person ,
- funster ,
- gabby ,
- gag person ,
- gagman ,
- gagster ,
- gay ,
- giddy ,
- goofball ,
- gooselike ,
- goosey ,
- goosy ,
- grotesque ,
- guy ,
- half-baked ,
- half-wit ,
- half-witted ,
- hare-brained ,
- harlequin ,
- haywire ,
- hilarious ,
- hombre ,
- humorously ,
- hysterical ,
- idiot ,
- ignoramus ,
- imbecile ,
- inane ,
- incongruous ,
- inept ,
- ironist ,
- jack ,
- jocose ,
- jocular ,
- joke ,
- jokesmith ,
- joshing ,
- knowledge ,
- kookie ,
- kooky ,
- lampooner ,
- laughing-stock ,
- laughter ,
- light-headed ,
- lightheaded ,
- loco ,
- loony ,
- loopy ,
- ludicrous ,
- lunkheaded ,
- madcap ,
- mentally ill ,
- merry ,
- merry-andrew ,
- milksop ,
- mirthful ,
- moron ,
- motley ,
- motley fool ,
- muggins ,
- natural ,
- nincompoop ,
- ninny ,
- noodle ,
- not difficult ,
- nut ,
- nutcase ,
- nuts ,
- nutter ,
- nutty ,
- odd ,
- oddball ,
- oddly ,
- outlandish ,
- owl ,
- pantaloon ,
- parodist ,
- pathetic ,
- pierrot ,
- playful ,
- practical joker ,
- prankster ,
- priceless ,
- punch ,
- punch-drunk ,
- pundit ,
- punster ,
- puss ,
- pussy ,
- put ,
- queer ,
- queerly ,
- rattlebrained ,
- ridiculous ,
- ridiculously ,
- saphead ,
- satirist ,
- schmuck ,
- screwball ,
- senseless ,
- show-off ,
- side-splitting ,
- simple ,
- simpleminded ,
- simpleton ,
- slaphappy ,
- slapstick ,
- slit ,
- snatch ,
- softhead ,
- sop ,
- sot ,
- sportive ,
- strangely ,
- stupid ,
- tomfool ,
- trickster ,
- trifler ,
- unwise ,
- uproarious ,
- wag ,
- waggish ,
- weird ,
- wild ,
- wiseacre ,
- wisecracker ,
- witless ,
- witty ,
- wry .
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How to use "Zany" in context?
When one thinks about zany, a few images come to mind. Maybe someone is running around in circles or making silly faces. Sometimes people might think of wacky characters on a sitcom or in a movie. But what makes a person zanied? According to the Oxford English Dictionary, the word is derived from the Dutch word zannen, which means 'to surprise, astonish.' The act of being zanied can be a comedic one, but usually, it is something that causes a person to be caught off guard.
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