Synonyms for screwy
- adjective
Synonyms by meaning
Adjective
1. Insane — crazy; silly; ridiculous
insane, crazy, loopy, mad, kooky, bonkers informal UK, unbalanced, deranged, nutty, batty, daffy, daft, nuts, lunatic, looney, eccentric, cracked, mental, disturbed, ga-ga, fruity, cuckoo
2. Muddled — tipsy; slightly drunk
muddled, twisted, drunk, pixilated, inebriated, maudlin, besotted, boozy, canned, disguised, plastered, cock-eyed, potted, fuddled, drunken, tipsy, stinking, smashed, stoned, intoxicated, pie-eyed informal, stewed
Other
rubbishly dated
Definitions
- adj. 1
Crazy; silly; ridiculous
That's a screwy idea; I am not going to fly all the way to Antarctica just to see a penguin!
- adj. 2
Tipsy; slightly drunk.
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.
- loopy Why does catnip make cats loopy?
- kooky Tom's a bit kooky, but he's a good guy.
By length
- 3 letters
- mad1
- 4 letters
- nuts1, daft1
- 5 letters
- crazy2, drunk1, nutty2, tipsy2, batty2, loopy2, daffy2, kooky2, boozy2
- 6 letters
- mental2, insane2, canned1, stoned1, fruity2, cuckoo2, looney2, potted2, stewed1
- 7 letters
- cracked1, twisted2, smashed1, drunken2, lunatic3, bonkers2, muddled2, maudlin2, fuddled
- 8 letters
- deranged2, stinking2, besotted3
- 9 letters
- disturbed2, eccentric3, disguised2, plastered2, pixilated, rubbishly
- 10 letters
- unbalanced3, inebriated5
- 11 letters
- intoxicated5
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (crazy2 = 2 syllables).