wacko
[ ˈwa-(ˌ)kō]
variants: or less commonly whacko
variants: or less commonly whacko
Synonyms & Antonyms for dainty
Synonyms: Noun
- bug,
- crackbrain,
- crazy,
- fool,
- fruitcake,
- head case,
- loon,
- loony,
- lunatic,
- maniac,
- nut,
- nutcase,
- nutter
-
[British slang],
- psycho,
- psychopath,
- sickie,
- sicko
Synonyms: Adjective
- balmy,
- barmy
-
[chiefly British],
- bats,
- batty,
- bedlam,
- bonkers,
- brainsick,
- bughouse
-
[slang],
- certifiable,
- crackbrained,
- cracked,
- crackers,
- crackpot,
- cranky
-
[dialect],
- crazed,
- crazy,
- cuckoo,
- daffy,
- daft,
- demented,
- deranged,
- fruity
-
[slang],
- gaga,
- haywire,
- insane,
- kooky
- (also kookie),
- loco
-
[slang],
- loony
- (also looney),
- loony tunes
- (or looney tunes),
- lunatic,
- mad,
- maniacal
- (also maniac),
- mental,
- meshuga
- (or meshugge also meshugah or meshuggah),
- moonstruck,
- non compos mentis,
- nuts,
- nutty,
- psycho,
- psychotic,
- scatty
-
[chiefly British],
- screwy,
- unbalanced,
- unhinged,
- unsound,
- wacky
- (also whacky),
- wud
-
[chiefly Scottish]
Synonyms: Antonyms:adjective
Recent Examples on the Web
//Even without that trend, isn’t this line a little wacko?
—
Teddy Greenstein, chicagotribune.com, "Week 8 college football picks against the spread: Look for Ohio State, Wisconsin and Penn State to win big … but will it be big enough?," 18 Oct. 2019
//So after every shooting massacre, when more innocent people are murdered by some wacko with a firearm designed for mass killing, there’s tough talk, screaming and flailing for a few days.
—
George Skelton, The Mercury News, "Skelton: Why Americans still don’t have meaningful gun controls," 11 Aug. 2019
//So after every shooting massacre, when more innocent people are murdered by some wacko with a firearm designed for mass killing, there’s tough talk, screaming and flailing for a few days.
—
George Skelton, The Mercury News, "Skelton: Why Americans still don’t have meaningful gun controls," 11 Aug. 2019
//So after every shooting massacre, when more innocent people are murdered by some wacko with a firearm designed for mass killing, there’s tough talk, screaming and flailing for a few days.
—
George Skelton, The Mercury News, "Skelton: Why Americans still don’t have meaningful gun controls," 11 Aug. 2019
//So after every shooting massacre, when more innocent people are murdered by some wacko with a firearm designed for mass killing, there’s tough talk, screaming and flailing for a few days.
—
George Skelton, The Mercury News, "Skelton: Why Americans still don’t have meaningful gun controls," 11 Aug. 2019
//So after every shooting massacre, when more innocent people are murdered by some wacko with a firearm designed for mass killing, there’s tough talk, screaming and flailing for a few days.
—
George Skelton, The Mercury News, "Skelton: Why Americans still don’t have meaningful gun controls," 11 Aug. 2019
//So after every shooting massacre, when more innocent people are murdered by some wacko with a firearm designed for mass killing, there’s tough talk, screaming and flailing for a few days.
—
George Skelton, The Mercury News, "Skelton: Why Americans still don’t have meaningful gun controls," 11 Aug. 2019
//So after every shooting massacre, when more innocent people are murdered by some wacko with a firearm designed for mass killing, there’s tough talk, screaming and flailing for a few days.
—
George Skelton, The Mercury News, "Skelton: Why Americans still don’t have meaningful gun controls," 11 Aug. 2019
//Now, all those wackos who’ve been writing to me with their problems can write to her.
—
Rick Kogan, chicagotribune.com, "On the 100th birthday of Ann Landers, a play, a typewriter and a lot of memories," 28 June 2018
//At the very least, in a game that has known a lot of eccentrics LaVar has put himself in the running for the greatest wacko.
—
Mark Heisler, Orange County Register, "Heisler: Lakers pray for shot at Lonzo Ball (and the father that comes with him)," 12 May 2017
First Known Use of wacko
Adjective
1965, in the meaning defined above
Noun
1936, in the meaning defined above
History and Etymology for wacko
Dictionary Entries near wacko
More Synonyms and Antonyms ofwacko
having or showing a very abnormal or sick state of mind
- a completely wacko obsession with cleaning
- balmy,
- barmy
-
[chiefly British],
- bats,
- batty,
- bedlam,
- bonkers,
- brainsick,
- bughouse
-
[slang],
- certifiable,
- crackbrained,
- cracked,
- crackers,
- crackpot,
- cranky
-
[dialect],
- crazed,
- crazy,
- cuckoo,
- daffy,
- daft,
- demented,
- deranged,
- fruity
-
[slang],
- gaga,
- haywire,
- insane,
- kooky
- (also kookie),
- loco
-
[slang],
- loony
- (also looney),
- loony tunes
- (or looney tunes),
- lunatic,
- mad,
- maniacal
- (also maniac),
- mental,
- meshuga
- (or meshugge&"wvl">also meshugah&"wvl">or meshuggah),
- moonstruck,
- non compos mentis,
- nuts,
- nutty,
- psycho,
- psychotic,
- scatty
-
[chiefly British],
- screwy,
- unbalanced,
- unhinged,
- unsound,
- wacky
- (also whacky),
- wud
-
[chiefly Scottish]
- aberrant,
- delirious,
- delusional,
- delusionary,
- disordered,
- disturbed,
- neurotic,
- obsessive-compulsive,
- paranoiac
- (also paranoic),
- paranoid
- (also paranoidal),
- schizoid,
- schizophrenic,
- sociopathic
a person having or showing a severely disordered or abnormal state of mind
- just a wacko talking to himself
- bug,
- crackbrain,
- crazy,
- fool,
- fruitcake,
- head case,
- loon,
- loony,
- lunatic,
- maniac,
- nut,
- nutcase,
- nutter
-
[British slang],
- psycho,
- psychopath,
- sickie,
- sicko
- manic-depressive,
- monomaniac,
- mythomaniac,
- neurotic,
- obsessive,
- obsessive-compulsive,
- paranoid,
- psychoneurotic,
- psychotic,
- schizo,
- schizoid,
- schizophrene,
- schizophrenic,
- sociopath
- character,
- codger,
- crack,
- crackpot,
- crank,
- eccentric,
- fantastic,
- flake,
- kook,
- oddball,
- oddity,
- original,
- quiz,
- screwball,
- tyke
- (also tike)
-
[chiefly British],
- weirdo,
- zany