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Synonyms for maniac

noun

lunatic, insane person, crazy person; see madman, psychopath.

See maniac in Webster's New World Roget's A-Z Thesaurus II


noun

A person who is ardently devoted to a particular subject or activity:

bug, devotee, enthusiast, fanatic, zealot. (Informal) buff2, fan2, fiend. (Slang) freak, nut. See concern
adjective

Afflicted with or exhibiting irrationality and mental unsoundness:

brainsick, crazy, daft, demented, disordered, distraught, dotty, insane, lunatic, mad, maniacal, mentally ill, moonstruck, off, touched, unbalanced, unsound, wrong. (Informal) bonkers, cracked, daffy, gaga, loony. (Slang) bananas, batty, buggy, cuckoo, fruity, loco, nuts, nutty, screwy, wacky. (Chiefly British) crackers. (Law) non compos mentis. Idioms: around the bend, crazy as a loon, mad as a hatter, not all there, nutty as a fruitcake, off (or out of) one's head, off one's rocker, of unsound mind, out of one's mind, sick in the head, stark raving mad. See sane

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