What are some alternative words for screwball?
Synonyms for screwball
ˈskruˌbɔl
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Princeton's WordNet
crackpot, crank, nut, nut case, fruitcake, screwball(noun)
a whimsically eccentric person
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crank, testicle, trash, methamphetamine hydrochloride, bollock, testis, glass, junkie, crosspatch, methamphetamine, nut, nut case, ice, deoxyephedrine, churl, egg, shabu, fruitcake, chicken feed, chalk, addict, starter, orchis, grouch, junky, ballock, ball, meth, crackpot, grump, en, freakAntonyms:
practicalscrewball(adj)
a pitch with reverse spin that curves toward the side of the plate from which it was thrown
Synonyms:
fruitcake, nut case, crackpot, crank, nutAntonyms:
practicalcrazy, half-baked, screwball, softheaded(adj)
foolish; totally unsound
"a crazy scheme"; "half-baked ideas"; "a screwball proposal without a prayer of working"
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mad, unhinged, dotty, sick, demented, softheaded, crazy, half-baked, brainsick, wild, disturbed, gaga, unbalanced, underdoneAntonyms:
practical
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List of paraphrases for "screwball":
Words popularity by usage frequency
| rank | word | |
|---|---|---|
| #862 | en | |
| #1279 | glass | |
| #1887 | ball | |
| #1960 | ice | |
| #2028 | wild | |
| #3304 | crazy | |
| #4248 | mad | |
| #4358 | sick | |
| #5154 | egg | |
| #6296 | starter | |
| #7759 | disturbed | |
| #7949 | trash | |
| #8494 | nut | |
| #11745 | freak | |
| #14072 | addict | |
| #15366 | chalk | |
| #16222 | meth | |
| #16647 | crank | |
| #22607 | junkie | |
| #24191 | methamphetamine | |
| #28501 | unbalanced | |
| #35179 | testis | |
| #38464 | demented | |
| #45924 | junky | |
| #49628 | testicle | |
| #61305 | dotty | |
| #61739 | gaga | |
| #63360 | unhinged | |
| #69914 | fruitcake | |
| #71885 | screwball | |
| #83880 | crackpot | |
| #86505 | grouch | |
| #115490 | grump | |
| #121148 | shabu | |
| #123733 | orchis | |
| #253593 | churl | |
| #283278 | underdone |
How to use screwball in a sentence?
We can't just stop at Kathryn Bigelow, there are so many more women who are writers, who are actors, who are producers and they should be able to stand just even with all the males. Hollywood's got a screwball way of doing it.
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