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Synonyms for whacky
ˈʰwæk i, ˈwæk iwhack·y
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Princeton's WordNet
cockamamie, cockamamy, goofy, sappy, silly, wacky, whacky, zanyadjective
ludicrous, foolish
"gave me a cockamamie reason for not going"; "wore a goofy hat"; "a silly idea"; "some wacky plan for selling more books"
Synonyms:
slaphappy, crackers, light-headed, ridiculous, round the bend, lightheaded, nutty, punch-drunk, dotty, featherbrained, sappy, kooky, daft, bats, empty-headed, clownish, airheaded, fruity, nuts, bonkers, clownlike, cracked, haywire, wacky, loco, kookie, buggy, zany, silly, goofy, pathetic, dizzy, batty, cockamamy, loony, barmy, cockamamie, buffoonish, around the bend, balmy, giddy, loopybalmy, barmy, bats, batty, bonkers, buggy, cracked, crackers, daft, dotty, fruity, haywire, kooky, kookie, loco, loony, loopy, nuts, nutty, round the bend, around the bend, wacky, whackyadjective
informal or slang terms for mentally irregular
"it used to drive my husband balmy"
Synonyms:
crackers, nutlike, roughened, round the bend, bats, gaga, cockamamy, zesty, buggy, dotty, soft, wacky, kooky, daft, fruity, alligatored, zestful, kookie, nuts, sappy, bonkers, cracked, haywire, nutty, wrong(p), loco, wild, chapped, zany, silly, amiss(p), mild, awry(p), batty, crazy, loony, yeasty, barmy, cockamamie, goofy, around the bend, balmy, loopy
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Words popularity by usage frequency
ranking | word | |
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#2028 | wild | |
#2052 | soft | |
#3304 | crazy | |
#6666 | nuts | |
#8155 | silly | |
#8164 | mild | |
#12604 | ridiculous | |
#13415 | bats | |
#14139 | cracked | |
#17771 | buggy | |
#18127 | pathetic | |
#18309 | wacky | |
#18927 | crackers | |
#21394 | dizzy | |
#22128 | loco | |
#23798 | goofy | |
#24042 | daft | |
#24990 | fruity | |
#32794 | nutty | |
#40291 | giddy | |
#43870 | batty | |
#48509 | zany | |
#51175 | loony | |
#57295 | loopy | |
#61286 | bonkers | |
#61305 | dotty | |
#61739 | gaga | |
#64148 | sappy | |
#65132 | balmy | |
#65275 | zesty | |
#78025 | kooky | |
#84964 | haywire | |
#85530 | chapped | |
#100794 | whacky | |
#117181 | barmy | |
#122874 | lightheaded | |
#129867 | airheaded | |
#154049 | roughened | |
#184596 | yeasty | |
#210138 | kookie | |
#214270 | cockamamie | |
#237471 | clownish |
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