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Synonyms for buggy

30 synonyms
1 meaning

adjective
noun

Most common

loco wonky screwy bugged

All synonyms

Adjective

1. Daft — crazy; bughouse

daft, cracked, crazy, fruity, wonky, crackers, insane, nutty, screwy, batty, nuts, bananas, bonkers informal UK, loopy, haywire, loco, kooky, looney, bats informal, balmy, goofy informal US CA, crazed

Other

bugged, fritzy informal

Noun

stroller, shopping cart, carriage, roadster, dots, bug-house

Definitions

adj. 1
Crazy; bughouse.
n. 1
A small horse-drawn cart.

Related words

Phrases: baby buggy dune buggy band-aid buggy beach buggy golf buggy horse and buggy punch buggy sand buggy

Forms

Plural: buggies → strollers, carriages, roadsters, bug-houses…

Example sentences

loco Some take their role as in loco parentis a little too far.
wonky The picture is wonky. Could you straighten it?
bugged It is human nature to be bugged by such things.

Popularity over time

Word	1850 → 2019	Trend
buggy		rising
loco		steady
wonky		rising
screwy		rising
bugged		rising

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

By length

4 letters: nuts¹, bats¹, dots¹, daft¹, loco²
5 letters: crazy², goofy², nutty², wonky, batty², loopy², balmy², kooky²
6 letters: insane², fruity², crazed¹, bugged¹, looney², screwy², fritzy
7 letters: cracked¹, bananas³, bonkers², haywire²
8 letters: carriage², crackers², stroller², roadster²

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