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Synonyms for mad

  • adjective

Most common

crazy insane lunatic demented angry furious frantic desperate

Synonyms by meaning

Adjective

1. Crazy — insane; crazy; mentally deranged

crazy, insane, lunatic, demented, crazed, bonkers informal UK, deranged, wild, loopy, rabid, disturbed, sick, psycho, dumb, maniacal, raving, daft informal UK AU NZ, nuts informal, unhinged, psychotic, foolish, unbalanced

2. Angry — angry; annoyed

angry, furious, infuriated, indignant, irate, incensed, raging, upset, berserk, livid, fuming, wrathful, exasperated, irritated, offended, sore, infuriate, choleric, cross, enraged dated, pissed vulgar informal AU CA, pissed off vulgar informal

3. Frantic

frantic, delirious, excited, frenzied, unrestrained

4. Wicked — intensifier, signifying abundance or high quality of a thing; very, much, excellent or many

wicked, mighty

Other

desperate, distracted, stark raving mad informal, huffy informal, big, fond

Antonyms

sane, otiose

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Definitions

  1. adj. 1

    Insane; crazy; mentally deranged.

    He's got this mad idea that he's irresistible to women.

  2. adj. 2

    Angry; annoyed.

  3. adj. 3

    Intensifier, signifying abundance or high quality of a thing; very, much, excellent or many.

  4. adj. 4

    Used litotically to indicate satisfaction or approval.

    Wow, you really made this pie from scratch? I'm not mad at it.

Related words

Phrases
mad apple mad scientist stark raving mad hopping mad go mad mad cow disease barking mad mad professor

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.
  • lunatic Gunter was yelling at the cops like a lunatic to help him.
  • demented He became increasingly demented!
  • angry I was angry about missing that film at the cinema.
  • furious Layla was furious that Sami conspired against her.

Popularity over time

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

By length

3 letters
big1
4 letters
sick1, wild1, dumb1, nuts1, sore1, fond1, daft1
5 letters
crazy2, cross1, angry2, upset2, rabid2, livid2, irate2, loopy2, huffy2
6 letters
insane2, pissed1, mighty2, wicked2, psycho2, raging2, crazed1, raving2, fuming2
7 letters
excited3, furious3, foolish2, lunatic3, enraged2, frantic2, bonkers2, berserk2
8 letters
offended3, deranged2, demented3, unhinged2, incensed2, frenzied2, maniacal4, wrathful, choleric3
9 letters
desperate2, disturbed2, irritated4, psychotic3, delirious4, indignant3, infuriate4
10 letters
distracted3, unbalanced3, infuriated5
11 letters
exasperated5
12 letters
unrestrained3

The small number after each word is its number of syllables (crazy2 = 2 syllables).