Definitions

nutty as a fruitcake

ADJECTIVE

bananas

Synonyms

STRONG

crackers crazy cuckoo lunatic maniac nuts psycho sick

WEAK

bonkers brainsick crazy as a loon daft demented deranged distraught disturbed dotty kooky loco mad mad as a hatter maniacal moonstruck not all there off one's rocker out of one's mind out to lunch sick in the head stark raving mad touched unbalanced unhinged unsound wacky

Antonyms

STRONG

healthy sane sensible

ADJECTIVE

demented

Synonyms

STRONGEST

deranged hysterical mad maniacal manic psychotic unhinged

WEAK

bananas bemused crackbrained daft delirious distracted distraught flipped-out foolish frenzied fruity idiotic in the ozone lunatic maniac non compos mentis out of one's gourd out of one's tree psycho psychopathic unbalanced unglued unsound whacko

Antonyms

STRONGEST

OK balanced calm sane

WEAK

rational reasonable sensible

ADJECTIVE

fruity

Synonyms

STRONGEST

nutty

WEAK

bananas batty bonkers buggy crackers crazed crazy crazy as a loon cuckoo daft demented disordered dotty eccentric kooky loco loony lunatic mad mad as a hatter moonstruck not all there nuts of unsound mind off off one's rocker out of one's mind stark raving mad touched unbalanced unsound wacky

ADJECTIVE

loco

Synonyms

WEAK

around the bend batty bizarre brainsick cracked crazed crazy crazy as a loon cuckoo daft demented deranged disordered distraught dotty fatuous frenzied idiotic impractical irrational irresponsible loony lunatic mad mad as a hatter maniac maniacal moonstruck not all there nuts nutty of unsound mind off off one's rocker out of one's mind paranoid preposterous psychopathic psychotic rabid raging raving screwy senseless sick in the head stark raving mad touched unbalanced unhinged unsettled unsound wild wrong

ADJECTIVE

moonstruck

Synonyms

WEAK

around the bend batty bizarre brainsick cracked crazed crazy crazy as a loon cuckoo daft demented deranged disordered distraught dotty fatuous frenzied idiotic impractical irrational irresponsible loony lunatic mad mad as a hatter maniac maniacal not all there nuts nutty of unsound mind off off one's rocker out of one's mind paranoid preposterous psychopathic psychotic rabid raging raving screwy senseless sick in the head stark raving mad touched unbalanced unhinged unsettled unsound wild wrong

Example Sentences

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I leave out the part about my sister being older than me and nutty as a fruitcake.

From "Al Capone Does My Shirts" by Gennifer Choldenko