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Synonyms for nutty

  • adjective

Most common

insane nuts fruity kooky nutlike nuttish

Synonyms by meaning

Adjective

1. Kooky — barmy, eccentric, odd; crazy, mad, insane

kooky, nuts, fruity, insane, loopy, bonkers informal UK, crazy, looney, batty, daft, zany, crackers, mad, deranged, daffy, psychotic, eccentric, crazed, cracked, squirrelly, screwy, ga-ga

2. Nutlike — resembling or characteristic of nuts

nutlike, nuttish

Definitions

  1. adj. 1

    Resembling or characteristic of nuts.

  2. adj. 2

    Barmy: eccentric, odd; crazy, mad, insane.

    Near-synonyms: nuts; see also Thesaurus:insane

Related words

Word family
nuttily nuttiness nutter

Example sentences

  • insane The like-to-dislike ratio on this video is insane.
  • nuts Gray squirrels bury nuts, but red squirrels don't.
  • fruity I like sparkling and fruity wines.
  • kooky Tom's a bit kooky, but he's a good guy.

Popularity over time

Word1850 → 2019Trend
nuttyrising
insanerising
nutsrising
fruityrising
kookyrising
nutlikefalling

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

By length

3 letters
mad1
4 letters
nuts1, daft1, zany2
5 letters
crazy2, batty2, loopy2, daffy2, kooky2
6 letters
insane2, fruity2, crazed1, looney2, screwy2
7 letters
cracked1, bonkers2, nutlike, nuttish
8 letters
crackers2, deranged2
9 letters
eccentric3, psychotic3
10 letters
squirrelly

The small number after each word is its number of syllables (zany2 = 2 syllables).