Synonyms for insane
ɪnˈseɪnin·sane

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1. insaneadjective

   Antonyms:
   sane

2. insaneadjective

   Antonyms:
   sane

3. insaneadjective

   Antonyms:
   sane

4. insaneadjective

   Antonyms:
   sane

5. insaneadjective

   Antonyms:
   sane

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1. insaneadjective

   afflicted with or characteristic of mental derangement

   "was declared insane"; "insane laughter"

   Synonyms:
   harebrained, mad

   Antonyms:
   in their right minds(p), of sound mind(p), lucid, in her right mind(p), sane, in his right mind(p), compos mentis(p), wise

2. harebrained, insane, madadjective

   very foolish

   "harebrained ideas"; "took insane risks behind the wheel"; "a completely mad scheme to build a bridge between two mountains"

   Synonyms:
   mad, unhinged, sick, disturbed, excited, demented, harebrained, crazy, unrestrained, delirious, brainsick, huffy, unbalanced, sore, frantic

   Antonyms:
   sane, in her right mind(p), in their right minds(p), wise, of sound mind(p), in his right mind(p), compos mentis(p), lucid

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1. insaneadjective

   Synonyms:
   deranged, crazy, crazed, lunatic, mad, distracted, demented, delirious, out of one's mind, out of one's head, out of one's senses, out of one's wits

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1. insaneadjective

   Synonyms:
   demented, crazy, mad, deranged, delirious, dementate, paranoiac

   Antonyms:
   sane, rational

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1. List of paraphrases for "insane":

   crazy, mad, madness, madman, nuts, sick, senseless, fool, lunatic, foolish, amazing, demented, psycho, maniac, absurd, fou, loca, loony, ill, screwy, nonsense

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How to use insane in a sentence?

1. Yeonmi Park:

   I expected that I was paying this fortune, all this time and energy, to learn how to think. But they are forcing you to think the way they want you to think, i realized, wow, this is insane. I thought America was different but I saw so many similarities to what I saw in North Korea that I started worrying.

2. Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders:

   Joe Biden are now spending twice as much per person on health care as do the people of any other country. That is insane.

3. Umberto Eco:

   Perhaps the mission of those who love mankind is to make people laugh at the truth, to make truth laugh, because the only truth lies in learning to free ourselves from insane passion for the truth.

4. Daniil Medvedev:

   He was playing insane, like better than I have ever seen him play. It was unreal, so third set I had zero confidence in Daniil Medvedev of Russia and in the outcome of the match.

5. Donald G. Smith:

   The family seems to have two predominant functions to provide warmth and love in time of need and to drive each other insane.