Synonyms for neurotic
- adjective
- noun
Most common
Definitions
- adj. 1
Affected with a neurosis.
- n. 1
A person who has a neurosis.
Related words
- Word family
- neuroticism
Forms
- Plural
- neurotics → obsessives, jitterbugs…
Example sentences
- hysterical In Mary's case, a hysterical neurosis was considered.
- hypochondriac A hypochondriac imagines maladies where none exist.
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| neurotic | falling | |
| hysterical | rising | |
| schizoid | rising | |
| hypochondriac | rising | |
| hysteric | rising |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 6 letters
- phobic2
- 8 letters
- schizoid, hysteric3
- 9 letters
- disturbed2, obsessive3, jitterbug3
- 10 letters
- hysterical4
- 11 letters
- maladjusted4
- 13 letters
- hypochondriac5
- 14 letters
- psychoneurotic
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (phobic2 = 2 syllables).
In other languages
- Français
- névrotique