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Synonyms for maniac

Most common

lunatic mad man fiend freak

All synonyms

Noun

Other

madling

Antonyms

sane person, stoic, level head

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Definitions

  1. n. 1

    An insane person, especially one who suffers from a mania.

    She was driving like a maniac.

Related words

Word family
mania maniacal

Forms

Plural
maniacs → lunatics, fiends, freaks, enthusiasts…

Example sentences

  • enthusiast He is much more of a golf enthusiast than I am.
  • lunatic Gunter was yelling at the cops like a lunatic to help him.
  • fiend As he stood there he might have been a fiend.

Popularity over time

Word1850 → 2019Trend
maniacrising
enthusiaststeady
lunaticrising
fiendrising

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

By length

3 letters
fan1, bug1
4 letters
fool1
5 letters
freak1, fiend1
7 letters
lunatic3, fanatic3, devotee3, madling
9 letters
bedlamite
10 letters
enthusiast4, aficionado5

The small number after each word is its number of syllables (lunatic3 = 3 syllables).