Synonyms for crank
noun
A device for revolving a shaft
arm, lever, handle, brace, bracket, turning device, elbow, bend; see also arm 2, handle 1.
*A person with an obsession
eccentric, fanatic, monomaniac, crackpot*; see character 4, zealot.
*An ill-natured person
misanthrope, complainer, curmudgeon; see grouch.
See crank in Webster's New World Roget's A-Z Thesaurus II
noun
- (Informal)
A person who habitually complains or grumbles:
complainer, crab, faultfinder, grouch, growler, grumbler, grump, murmurer, mutterer, whiner. (Informal) griper, grouser. (Slang) bellyacher, sorehead, sourpuss. See happy - (Informal)
A person regarded as strange, eccentric, or crazy:
crackpot, crazy, eccentric, lunatic. (Informal) loon, loony. (Slang) cuckoo, ding-a-ling, dingbat, kook, nut, screwball, weirdie, weirdo. See wise
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