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Synonyms for bonkers

24 synonyms
1 meaning

adjective

Most common

crazy insane batty kooky

All synonyms

Adjective

1. Insane — mad; crazy

insane, crazy, mad, kooky, batty, nutty, nuts, daft, loopy, haywire, deranged, screwy, looney, fruity, crackers, bananas, balmy, buggy, cracked, loco, bats informal, psychotic

Other

ga-ga, troppo slang AU

Definitions

adj. 1
Mad; crazy.
[A]nd we should remind ourselves that it is absolutely bonkers that we elect judges at all; that system is used almost nowhere else on earth[.]

Related words

Phrases: go bonkers

Example sentences

crazy He must be crazy to go out in this stormy weather.
insane The like-to-dislike ratio on this video is insane.
kooky Tom's a bit kooky, but he's a good guy.

Popularity over time

Word	1850 → 2019	Trend
bonkers		rising
crazy		rising
insane		rising
batty		rising
kooky		rising

Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.

By length

3 letters: mad¹
4 letters: nuts¹, bats¹, daft¹, loco²
5 letters: crazy², buggy², nutty², batty², loopy², balmy², kooky²
6 letters: insane², fruity², looney², screwy², troppo
7 letters: cracked¹, bananas³, haywire²
8 letters: crackers², deranged²
9 letters: psychotic³

The small number after each word is its number of syllables (loco² = 2 syllables).