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"idiosyncratic", "nonconformist", "nonmainstream", "out-there", "unconventional", "unorthodox", "baffling", "bewildering", "confounding", "mystifying", "perplexing", "puzzling" ], "near antonyms":[ "average", "commonplace", "everyday", "garden", "normal", "ordinary", "prosaic", "routine", "run-of-the-mill", "standard", "typical", "unexceptional", "unremarkable", "usual", "workaday", "conformist", "conservative", "conventional", "expected", "familiar", "knee-jerk", "predictable", "common", "customary", "frequent", "habitual", "regular", "wonted" ], "antonyms":[] }, "having or showing a very abnormal or sick state of mind":{ "examples":[ "a series of bizarre letters that the killer sent to the police, detailing his wacky , disturbed view of the world" ], "synonyms":[ "balmy", "barmy", "bats", "batty", "bedlam", "bonkers", "brainsick", "bughouse", "certifiable", "crackbrained", "cracked", "crackers", "crackpot", "cranky", "crazed", "crazy", "cuckoo", "daffy", "daft", "demented", "deranged", "fruity", "gaga", "haywire", "insane", "kooky", "kookie", "loco", "loony", "looney", "loony tunes", "looney tunes", "lunatic", "mad", "maniacal", "maniac", "mental", "meshuga", "meshugge", "meshugah", "meshuggah", "moonstruck", "non compos mentis", "nuts", "nutty", "psycho", "psychotic", "scatty", "screwy", "unbalanced", "unhinged", "unsound", "wacko", "whacko", "wud" ], "near synonyms":[ "dotty", "fey", "loopy", "off", "potty", "teched", "tetched", "touched", "aberrant", "delirious", "delusional", "delusionary", "disordered", "disturbed", "neurotic", "obsessive-compulsive", "paranoiac", "paranoic", "paranoid", "paranoidal", "schizoid", "schizophrenic", "sociopathic", "eccentric", "odd", "oddball", "pixilated", "pixillated", "queer", "strange", "foolish", "senseless", "witless", "irrational", "unreasonable", "amok", "amuck", "ape", "ballistic", "bananas", "berserk", "nuclear", "depressed", "distracted", "distraught", "frantic", "frenzied", "hysterical", "hysteric", "raving", "wigged-out", "fixated", "monomaniac", "monomaniacal", "obsessed" ], "near antonyms":[ "clear", "lucid", "rational", "reasonable", "judicious", "sensible", "wise", "healthy", "normal", "well-adjusted", "unneurotic" ], "antonyms":[ "balanced", "compos mentis", "sane", "sound", "uncrazy" ] }, "showing or marked by a lack of good sense or judgment":{ "examples":[ "one club member whose wacky ideas for fund-raisers usually produced groans" ], "synonyms":[ "absurd", "asinine", "balmy", "brainless", "bubbleheaded", "cockeyed", "crackpot", "crazy", "cuckoo", "daffy", "daft", "dippy", "dotty", "fatuous", "featherheaded", "fool", "foolish", "half-baked", "half-witted", "harebrained", "inept", "insane", "jerky", "kooky", "kookie", "loony", "looney", "lunatic", "lunkheaded", "mad", "nonsensical", "nutty", "preposterous", "sappy", "screwball", "senseless", "silly", "simpleminded", "stupid", "tomfool", "unwise", "weak-minded", "witless", "zany" ], "near synonyms":[ "airheaded", "birdbrained", "boobish", "brain-dead", "chowderheaded", "chuckleheaded", "clueless", "dense", "dim", "dim-witted", "doltish", "dopey", "dopy", "dorky", "dull", "dumb", "dunderheaded", "empty-headed", "feebleminded", "gormless", "idiotic", "idiotical", "imbecile", "imbecilic", "knuckleheaded", "lamebrain", "lamebrained", "mindless", "moronic", "oafish", "obtuse", "opaque", "pinheaded", "simple", "slow", "slow-witted", "soft", "softheaded", "thoughtless", "thick", "thickheaded", "unintelligent", "vacuous", "fallacious", "illogical", "invalid", "irrational", "nonrational", "surd", "unreasonable", "unreasoning", "unsound", "weak", "farcical", "laughable", "ludicrous", "ridiculous", "notional", "buffoonish", "clownish", "ill-advised", "unconsidered", "unreasoned" ], "near antonyms":[ "brainy", "bright", "clever", "intelligent", "smart", "logical", "rational", "reasonable", "valid", "well-advised" ], "antonyms":[ "judicious", "prudent", "sagacious", "sage", "sane", "sapient", "sensible", "sound", "wise" ] }, "type":[ "adjective" ] }, "wacko":{ "having or showing a very abnormal or sick state of mind":{ "examples":[ "a completely wacko obsession with cleaning" ], "synonyms":[ "balmy", "barmy", "bats", "batty", "bedlam", "bonkers", "brainsick", "bughouse", "certifiable", "crackbrained", "cracked", "crackers", "crackpot", "cranky", "crazed", "crazy", "cuckoo", "daffy", "daft", "demented", "deranged", "fruity", "gaga", "haywire", "insane", "kooky", "kookie", "loco", "loony", "looney", "loony tunes", "looney tunes", "lunatic", "mad", "maniacal", "maniac", "mental", "meshuga", "meshugge", "meshugah", "meshuggah", "moonstruck", "non compos mentis", "nuts", "nutty", "psycho", "psychotic", "scatty", "screwy", "unbalanced", "unhinged", "unsound", "wacky", "whacky", "wud" ], "near synonyms":[ "dotty", "fey", "loopy", "off", "potty", "teched", "tetched", "touched", "aberrant", "delirious", "delusional", "delusionary", "disordered", "disturbed", "neurotic", "obsessive-compulsive", "paranoiac", "paranoic", "paranoid", "paranoidal", "schizoid", "schizophrenic", "sociopathic", "eccentric", "odd", "oddball", "pixilated", "pixillated", "queer", "strange", "foolish", "senseless", "witless", "irrational", "unreasonable", "amok", "amuck", "ape", "ballistic", "bananas", "berserk", "nuclear", "depressed", "distracted", "distraught", "frantic", "frenzied", "hysterical", "hysteric", "raving", "wigged-out", "fixated", "monomaniac", "monomaniacal", "obsessed" ], "near antonyms":[ "clear", "lucid", "rational", "reasonable", "judicious", "sensible", "wise", "healthy", "normal", "well-adjusted", "unneurotic" ], "antonyms":[ "balanced", "compos mentis", "sane", "sound", "uncrazy" ] }, "a person having or showing a severely disordered or abnormal state of mind":{ "examples":[ "just a wacko talking to himself" ], "synonyms":[ "bug", "crackbrain", "crazy", "fool", "fruitcake", "head case", "loon", "loony", "lunatic", "maniac", "nut", "nutcase", "nutter", "psycho", "psychopath", "sickie", "sicko" ], "near synonyms":[ "madman", "abnormal", "deviant", "monomaniac", "mythomaniac", "neurotic", "obsessive", "obsessive-compulsive", "paranoid", "psychotic", "schizo", "schizoid", "schizophrenic", "sociopath", "character", "codger", "crack", "crackpot", "crank", "eccentric", "fantastic", "flake", "kook", "oddball", "oddity", "original", "quiz", "screwball", "tyke", "tike", "weirdo", "zany", "case", "patient" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "adjective", "noun" ] }, "wackos":{ "a person having or showing a severely disordered or abnormal state of mind":{ "examples":[ "just a wacko talking to himself" ], "synonyms":[ "bugs", "crackbrains", "crazies", "fools", "fruitcakes", "head cases", "loonies", "loons", "lunatics", "maniacs", "nutcases", "nuts", "nutters", "psychopaths", "psychos", "sickies", "sickos" ], "near synonyms":[ "madmen", "abnormals", "deviants", "monomaniacs", "mythomaniacs", "neurotics", "obsessive-compulsives", "obsessives", "paranoids", "psychotics", "schizophrenics", "sociopaths", "characters", "codgers", "crackpots", "cracks", "cranks", "eccentrics", "fantastics", "flakes", "kooks", "oddballs", "oddities", "originals", "quizzes", "screwballs", "tykes", "tikes", "weirdos", "zanies", "cases", "patients" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "wackiness":{ "lack of good sense or judgment":{ "examples":[ "what world-class wackiness made you think this was a good idea?" ], "synonyms":[ "absurdity", "asininity", "balminess", "brainlessness", "craziness", "daftness", "dippiness", "dottiness", "fatuity", "fatuousness", "folly", "foolishness", "imbecility", "inanity", "insanity", "lunacy", "madness", "nonsensicalness", "nuttiness", "preposterousness", "senselessness", "silliness", "simplicity", "unwisdom", "witlessness", "zaniness" ], "near synonyms":[ "denseness", "dim-wittedness", "doltishness", "dopiness", "dullness", "dulness", "dumbness", "feeblemindedness", "gormlessness", "idiocy", "mindlessness", "oafishness", "obtuseness", "simplemindedness", "simpleness", "slowness", "stupidity", "stupidness", "vacuity", "fallacy", "irrationality", "unreasonableness", "kookiness", "weirdness", "laughableness", "ludicrousness", "ridiculousness" ], "near antonyms":[ "logicality", "logicalness", "rationality", "rationalness", "reasonability", "reasonableness", "validity", "discernment", "insight", "perception", "percipience" ], "antonyms":[ "prudence", "sagaciousness", "sagacity", "sageness", "sanity", "sapience", "sensibleness", "soundness", "wisdom" ] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "wack":{ "falling short of a standard":{ "examples":[ "that movie was wack , even by the standards of popcorn flicks" ], "synonyms":[ "bad", "bastard", "bush", "bush-league", "crummy", "crumby", "deficient", "dissatisfactory", "ill", "inferior", "lame", "lousy", "off", "paltry", "poor", "punk", "sour", "suboptimal", "subpar", "substandard", "unacceptable", "unsatisfactory", "wanting", "wretched", "wrong" ], "near synonyms":[ "abysmal", "atrocious", "awful", "bitchin'", "brutal", "damnable", "deplorable", "detestable", "disastrous", "dreadful", "execrable", "gnarly", "horrendous", "horrible", "pathetic", "stinky", "sucky", "terrible", "unspeakable", "defective", "faulty", "flawed", "egregious", "flagrant", "gross", "bum", "cheesy", "coarse", "common", "crappy", "cut-rate", "junky", "lesser", "low-grade", "low-rent", "mediocre", "miserable", "reprehensible", "rotten", "rubbishy", "second-rate", "shoddy", "sleazy", "trashy", "abominable", "odious", "vile", "useless", "valueless", "worthless", "inadequate", "insufficient", "lacking", "meager", "meagre", "mean", "miserly", "niggardly", "scanty", "shabby", "short", "skimp", "skimpy", "spare", "stingy", "miscreant", "scurrilous", "villainous", "counterfeit", "fake", "phony", "phoney", "sham" ], "near antonyms":[ "classic", "classical", "A1", "bang-up", "banner", "boss", "capital", "choice", "crackerjack", "dandy", "divine", "excellent", "exceptional", "fabulous", "first-class", "first-rate", "grand", "great", "groovy", "heavenly", "high-test", "jim-dandy", "keen", "marvelous", "marvellous", "mean", "neat", "nifty", "noble", "par excellence", "perfect", "premium", "prime", "sensational", "slick", "splendid", "stellar", "sterling", "superb", "superior", "superlative", "supernal", "swell", "terrific", "tip-top", "top", "top-notch", "unsurpassed", "wonderful", "better", "exceptional", "fancy", "high-grade", "special", "sufficient", "average", "borderline", "fair", "mediocre", "middling", "minimal", "so-so", "unexceptional", "suitable", "useful", "worthy", "gratifying", "satisfying" ], "antonyms":[ "acceptable", "adequate", "all right", "decent", "fine", "OK", "okay", "passable", "respectable", "satisfactory", "standard", "tolerable" ] }, "type":[ "adjective" ] } }