Synonyms for maniac
ˈmeɪ niˌækma·ni·ac

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1. lunatic, madman, maniacnoun

   an insane person

   Synonyms:
   madman, daredevil, madcap, lunatic, swashbuckler, hothead, harum-scarum

   Antonyms:
   sane

2. maniacadjective

   a person who has an obsession with or excessive enthusiasm for something

   Synonyms:
   lunatic, madman

   Antonyms:
   sane

3. maniacal, maniac(p)adjective

   wildly disordered

   "a maniacal frenzy"

   Antonyms:
   sane

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1. maniacnoun

   Synonyms:
   madman, lunatic, bedlamite, insane person

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1. maniacnoun

   Synonyms:
   madman, bedlamite

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1. List of paraphrases for "maniac":

   stalker, crazy, madman, sick, psychopath, insane, lunatic, freak, psycho

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1. George Carlin:

   Ever notice that anyone going slower than you is an idiot, but anyone going faster is a maniac?

2. Kate Bosworth:

   She was a beautiful and complex woman: A sister, a daughter, a wife, a lover. Human. Her life has for too long been overshadowed by the tragedy orchestrated by a raging psychopath, now, more than ever, we feel it is important to focus on the woman — to reaffirm the voice of Sharon Tate — and to take away the megaphone from the maniac.

3. Donald Trump:

   This guy, he's a maniac, he's not even on the scale -- these people, we've got a bunch of real dummies.

4. George Santayana:

   The irrational in the human has something about it altogether repulsive and terrible, as we see in the maniac, the miser, the drunkard or the ape.

5. President Trump:

   Nobody ever mentions North Korea, where you have this maniac sitting there, and he actually has nuclear weapons and somebody better start thinking about North Korea and perhaps a couple of other places. But certainly North Korea, you have somebody right now in North Korea who has got nuclear weapons and who is saying almost every other week, ‘ I ’m ready to use them, ’ and we don’t even mention it.