dict_dl/en_MWThesaurus/nut_MWT.json
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{
"nut":{
"a person of odd or whimsical habits":{
"examples":[
"a show devoted to those lovable nuts who collect the weirdest things just for fun"
],
"synonyms":[
"character",
"codger",
"crack",
"crackbrain",
"crackpot",
"crank",
"eccentric",
"flake",
"fruitcake",
"head case",
"kook",
"nutcase",
"nutter",
"oddball",
"oddity",
"original",
"quiz",
"screwball",
"weirdo",
"zany"
],
"near synonyms":[
"bohemian",
"maverick",
"nonconformist",
"quixote",
"coot",
"geezer",
"curio",
"rarity",
"freak",
"fantast",
"fantastico"
],
"near antonyms":[
"conformer",
"conformist",
"follower",
"sheep"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"a person who lacks good sense or judgment":{
"examples":[
"anyone who goes out in this weather is a nut"
],
"synonyms":[
"berk",
"booby",
"charlie",
"charley",
"cuckoo",
"ding-a-ling",
"ding-dong",
"dingbat",
"dipstick",
"doofus",
"featherhead",
"fool",
"git",
"goose",
"half-wit",
"jackass",
"lunatic",
"mooncalf",
"nincompoop",
"ninny",
"ninnyhammer",
"nit",
"nitwit",
"nutcase",
"simp",
"simpleton",
"turkey",
"yo-yo"
],
"near synonyms":[
"daredevil",
"madman",
"airhead",
"birdbrain",
"blockhead",
"dodo",
"dolt",
"donkey",
"dope",
"dork",
"dumbbell",
"dummy",
"dunce",
"fathead",
"gander",
"goon",
"idiot",
"ignoramus",
"imbecile",
"know-nothing",
"knucklehead",
"moron",
"numskull",
"numbskull",
"pinhead",
"schlub",
"shlub",
"schlump",
"schnook",
"stock",
"featherbrain",
"scatterbrain",
"butt",
"dupe",
"laughingstock",
"mockery",
"monkey",
"chump",
"loser",
"schlemiel",
"shlemiel",
"character",
"codger",
"crackbrain",
"crackpot",
"crank",
"kook",
"oddball",
"screwball",
"weirdo"
],
"near antonyms":[
"sage",
"thinker",
"brain",
"genius"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"a person with a strong and habitual liking for something":{
"examples":[
"a baseball nut who plans her vacation to coincide with spring training every year"
],
"synonyms":[
"addict",
"aficionado",
"afficionado",
"buff",
"bug",
"devotee",
"enthusiast",
"fan",
"fanatic",
"fancier",
"fiend",
"fool",
"freak",
"habitu\u00e9",
"habitue",
"head",
"hound",
"junkie",
"junky",
"lover",
"maniac",
"maven",
"mavin",
"sucker"
],
"near synonyms":[
"groupie",
"admirer",
"amateur",
"collector",
"connoisseur",
"dilettante",
"authority",
"expert",
"adherent",
"convert",
"cultist",
"disciple",
"follower",
"hanger-on",
"votary",
"advocate",
"apostle",
"backer",
"champion",
"evangelist",
"exponent",
"friend",
"patron",
"promoter",
"proponent",
"supporter",
"partisan",
"partizan",
"zealot",
"booster",
"rooter",
"well-wisher",
"faddist"
],
"near antonyms":[
"nonadmirer",
"belittler",
"carper",
"critic",
"detractor"
],
"antonyms":[
"nonfan"
]
},
"a person having or showing a severely disordered or abnormal state of mind":{
"examples":[
"the man walking down the street talking to himself looked like a nut until we realized he was talking into his cell phone"
],
"synonyms":[
"bug",
"crackbrain",
"crazy",
"fool",
"fruitcake",
"head case",
"loon",
"loony",
"lunatic",
"maniac",
"nutcase",
"nutter",
"psycho",
"psychopath",
"sickie",
"sicko",
"wacko",
"whacko"
],
"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":[]
},
"something that requires thought and skill for resolution":{
"examples":[
"the question of how to increase functionality without decreasing efficiency may prove to be a tough nut to crack"
],
"synonyms":[
"case",
"challenge",
"knot",
"matter",
"problem",
"trouble"
],
"near synonyms":[
"issue",
"question",
"corner",
"fix",
"hole",
"hot water",
"jam",
"mire",
"pickle",
"predicament",
"quagmire",
"spot",
"crux",
"Gordian knot",
"sticky wicket",
"toughie",
"toughy",
"catch-22",
"dilemma",
"quandary",
"catch",
"glitch",
"hitch",
"pitfall",
"snag",
"conundrum",
"enigma",
"mystery",
"puzzle",
"puzzlement",
"riddle",
"brainteaser",
"poser",
"stumper"
],
"near antonyms":[
"magic bullet",
"silver bullet",
"cure-all",
"panacea"
],
"antonyms":[
"answer",
"solution"
]
},
"the upper or front part of the body that contains the brain, the major sense organs, and the mouth":{
"examples":[
"he didn't appreciate his friend's jibe about watching his big nut when getting into the car"
],
"synonyms":[
"bean",
"block",
"dome",
"head",
"mazard",
"mazzard",
"nob",
"noddle",
"noggin",
"noodle",
"pate",
"poll"
],
"near synonyms":[
"cranium",
"crown",
"scalp",
"skull",
"occiput"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"language, behavior, or ideas that are absurd and contrary to good sense":{
"examples":[
"responding to your opponent's every argument with \" Nuts !\" is not exactly finely reasoned refutation"
],
"synonyms":[
"applesauce",
"balderdash",
"baloney",
"boloney",
"beans",
"bilge",
"blah",
"blah-blah",
"blarney",
"blather",
"blatherskite",
"blither",
"bosh",
"bull",
"bunk",
"bunkum",
"buncombe",
"claptrap",
"codswallop",
"crapola",
"crock",
"drivel",
"drool",
"fiddle",
"fiddle-faddle",
"fiddlesticks",
"flannel",
"flapdoodle",
"folderol",
"falderal",
"folly",
"foolishness",
"fudge",
"garbage",
"guff",
"hogwash",
"hokeypokey",
"hokum",
"hoodoo",
"hooey",
"horsefeathers",
"humbug",
"humbuggery",
"jazz",
"malarkey",
"malarky",
"moonshine",
"muck",
"nerts",
"nonsense",
"piffle",
"poppycock",
"punk",
"rot",
"rubbish",
"senselessness",
"silliness",
"slush",
"stupidity",
"taradiddle",
"tarradiddle",
"tommyrot",
"tosh",
"trash",
"trumpery",
"twaddle"
],
"near synonyms":[
"absurdity",
"asininity",
"fatuity",
"foolery",
"idiocy",
"imbecility",
"inaneness",
"inanity",
"insanity",
"kookiness",
"lunacy",
"absurdness",
"craziness",
"madness",
"witlessness",
"hoity-toity",
"monkey business",
"monkeyshine(s)",
"shenanigan(s)",
"tomfoolery",
"gas",
"hot air",
"rigmarole",
"rigamarole",
"double-talk",
"greek",
"hocus-pocus"
],
"near antonyms":[
"levelheadedness",
"rationality",
"reasonability",
"reasonableness",
"sensibleness",
"common sense",
"horse sense",
"sense",
"discernment",
"judgment",
"judgement",
"wisdom"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"nutcases":{
"a person having or showing a severely disordered or abnormal state of mind":{
"examples":[
"some nutcase was arrested for running out onto the baseball field while the game was in progress"
],
"synonyms":[
"bugs",
"crackbrains",
"crazies",
"fools",
"fruitcakes",
"head cases",
"loonies",
"loons",
"lunatics",
"maniacs",
"nuts",
"nutters",
"psychopaths",
"psychos",
"sickies",
"sickos",
"wackos",
"whackos"
],
"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":[]
},
"a person of odd or whimsical habits":{
"examples":[
"around the condo complex she's known as the nutcase who consistently ignores the rules"
],
"synonyms":[
"characters",
"codgers",
"crackbrains",
"crackpots",
"cracks",
"cranks",
"eccentrics",
"flakes",
"fruitcakes",
"head cases",
"kooks",
"nuts",
"nutters",
"oddballs",
"oddities",
"originals",
"quizzes",
"screwballs",
"weirdos",
"zanies"
],
"near synonyms":[
"bohemians",
"mavericks",
"nonconformists",
"quixotes",
"coots",
"geezers",
"curios",
"rarities",
"freaks",
"fantasticoes",
"fantasts"
],
"near antonyms":[
"conformers",
"conformists",
"followers",
"sheep"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"a person who lacks good sense or judgment":{
"examples":[
"only a nutcase would try to accelerate a campfire by dousing it with gasoline"
],
"synonyms":[
"berks",
"boobies",
"charlies",
"charleys",
"cuckoos",
"ding-a-lings",
"dingbats",
"ding-dongs",
"dipsticks",
"doofuses",
"dufuses",
"featherheads",
"fools",
"geese",
"gits",
"half-wits",
"jackasses",
"lunatics",
"mooncalves",
"nincompoops",
"ninnies",
"ninnyhammers",
"nits",
"nitwits",
"nuts",
"simpletons",
"simps",
"turkeys",
"yo-yos"
],
"near synonyms":[
"daredevils",
"madmen",
"airheads",
"birdbrains",
"blockheads",
"dodoes",
"dodos",
"dolts",
"donkeys",
"dopes",
"dorks",
"dumbbells",
"dummies",
"dunces",
"fatheads",
"ganders",
"goons",
"idiots",
"ignoramuses",
"ignorami",
"imbeciles",
"know-nothings",
"knuckleheads",
"morons",
"numskulls",
"numbskulls",
"pinheads",
"schlubs",
"shlubs",
"schlumps",
"schnooks",
"stocks",
"featherbrains",
"scatterbrains",
"butts",
"dupes",
"laughingstocks",
"mockeries",
"monkeys",
"chumps",
"losers",
"schlemiels",
"shlemiels",
"characters",
"codgers",
"crackbrains",
"crackpots",
"cranks",
"kooks",
"oddballs",
"screwballs",
"weirdos"
],
"near antonyms":[
"sages",
"thinkers",
"brains",
"geniuses",
"genii"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"nutriment":{
"as in aliment":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"aliment",
"diet",
"nourishment",
"nurture",
"sustenance",
"bread",
"chow",
"chuck",
"comestibles",
"eatables",
"eats",
"edibles",
"fare",
"food",
"foodstuffs",
"grub",
"meat",
"provender",
"provisions",
"table",
"tucker",
"viands",
"victuals",
"vittles",
"ensilage",
"feed",
"fodder",
"forage",
"silage",
"slop",
"swill",
"feast",
"meal",
"refreshments",
"regale",
"repast",
"spread",
"board",
"commissary",
"rations",
"supplies",
"dish",
"plate",
"platter",
"serving",
"finger food",
"natural food"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"nutritive":{
"providing the substances necessary for health and bodily growth":{
"examples":[
"some people contend that whole wheat bread is significantly more nutritive than white bread"
],
"synonyms":[
"nourishing",
"nutrient",
"nutritional",
"nutritious"
],
"near synonyms":[
"enriched",
"fortified",
"dietary",
"dietetic",
"beneficial",
"healthful",
"healthy",
"restorative",
"salubrious",
"salutary",
"wholesome"
],
"near antonyms":[
"fattening",
"insalubrious",
"unhealthful",
"unhealthy",
"unwholesome"
],
"antonyms":[
"nonnutritious",
"nonnutritive"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"nutcase":{
"a person having or showing a severely disordered or abnormal state of mind":{
"examples":[
"some nutcase was arrested for running out onto the baseball field while the game was in progress"
],
"synonyms":[
"bug",
"crackbrain",
"crazy",
"fool",
"fruitcake",
"head case",
"loon",
"loony",
"lunatic",
"maniac",
"nut",
"nutter",
"psycho",
"psychopath",
"sickie",
"sicko",
"wacko",
"whacko"
],
"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":[]
},
"a person of odd or whimsical habits":{
"examples":[
"around the condo complex she's known as the nutcase who consistently ignores the rules"
],
"synonyms":[
"character",
"codger",
"crack",
"crackbrain",
"crackpot",
"crank",
"eccentric",
"flake",
"fruitcake",
"head case",
"kook",
"nut",
"nutter",
"oddball",
"oddity",
"original",
"quiz",
"screwball",
"weirdo",
"zany"
],
"near synonyms":[
"bohemian",
"maverick",
"nonconformist",
"quixote",
"coot",
"geezer",
"curio",
"rarity",
"freak",
"fantast",
"fantastico"
],
"near antonyms":[
"conformer",
"conformist",
"follower",
"sheep"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"a person who lacks good sense or judgment":{
"examples":[
"only a nutcase would try to accelerate a campfire by dousing it with gasoline"
],
"synonyms":[
"berk",
"booby",
"charlie",
"charley",
"cuckoo",
"ding-a-ling",
"ding-dong",
"dingbat",
"dipstick",
"doofus",
"featherhead",
"fool",
"git",
"goose",
"half-wit",
"jackass",
"lunatic",
"mooncalf",
"nincompoop",
"ninny",
"ninnyhammer",
"nit",
"nitwit",
"nut",
"simp",
"simpleton",
"turkey",
"yo-yo"
],
"near synonyms":[
"daredevil",
"madman",
"airhead",
"birdbrain",
"blockhead",
"dodo",
"dolt",
"donkey",
"dope",
"dork",
"dumbbell",
"dummy",
"dunce",
"fathead",
"gander",
"goon",
"idiot",
"ignoramus",
"imbecile",
"know-nothing",
"knucklehead",
"moron",
"numskull",
"numbskull",
"pinhead",
"schlub",
"shlub",
"schlump",
"schnook",
"stock",
"featherbrain",
"scatterbrain",
"butt",
"dupe",
"laughingstock",
"mockery",
"monkey",
"chump",
"loser",
"schlemiel",
"shlemiel",
"character",
"codger",
"crackbrain",
"crackpot",
"crank",
"kook",
"oddball",
"screwball",
"weirdo"
],
"near antonyms":[
"sage",
"thinker",
"brain",
"genius"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"nutriments":{
"as in aliments":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
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"aliments",
"commissaries",
"rations",
"supplies",
"diets",
"nourishments",
"nurtures",
"sustenances",
"amuse-bouches",
"amuses-bouches",
"amuse-gueules",
"antipasti",
"appetizers",
"apps",
"canap\u00e9s",
"cocktails",
"hors d'oeuvres",
"hors d'oeuvre",
"munchies",
"starters",
"messes",
"paps",
"finger foods",
"natural foods",
"ensilages",
"feeds",
"fodders",
"forages",
"silages",
"slop",
"swills",
"feasts",
"meals",
"refreshments",
"regales",
"repasts",
"spreads",
"boards",
"dishes",
"plates",
"platters",
"servings"
],
"near antonyms":[
"banes",
"poisons",
"toxins",
"venoms"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"nuts and bolts":{
"the specific practical details of something":{
"examples":[
"the nuts and bolts of the merger of the two companies have yet to be worked out"
],
"synonyms":[
"brass tacks",
"nitty-gritty",
"ropes"
],
"near synonyms":[
"incidentals",
"ins and outs",
"minutiae",
"particulars",
"specifics",
"technicalities",
"oddities",
"peculiarities",
"quirks",
"ramifications"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"plural noun"
]
},
"nutshells":{
"something small in size, amount, or range":{
"examples":[
"a nutshell of a fan base"
],
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"aces",
"dabs",
"dashes",
"driblets",
"drops",
"fractions",
"haets",
"halfpence",
"halfpennies",
"ha'pennies",
"iotas",
"jots",
"kennings",
"licks",
"minims",
"mites",
"modicums",
"ounces",
"pinches",
"shreds",
"smatters",
"smidgens",
"smidgeons",
"smidgins",
"smidges",
"spots",
"strains",
"streaks",
"suspicions",
"tastes",
"touches",
"traces",
"whispers",
"whits",
"atoms",
"bits",
"crumbs",
"dribbles",
"flecks",
"flyspecks",
"grains",
"granules",
"molecules",
"morsels",
"motes",
"nubbins",
"nuggets",
"particles",
"patches",
"scraps",
"scruples",
"snippets",
"snips",
"specks",
"tittles",
"bites",
"mouthfuls",
"nibbles",
"tidbits",
"titbits",
"fragments",
"parts",
"portions",
"sections",
"chips",
"flakes",
"shards",
"shivers",
"slivers",
"splinters",
"clippings",
"parings",
"shavings",
"smithereens"
],
"near antonyms":[
"chunks",
"gobs",
"hunks",
"lumps",
"slabs",
"abundances",
"barrels",
"buckets",
"bushels",
"deals",
"heaps",
"loads",
"masses",
"mountains",
"pecks",
"piles",
"pots",
"profusions",
"quantities",
"rafts",
"scads",
"stacks",
"volumes",
"wads",
"wealths"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"nuttiness":{
"lack of good sense or judgment":{
"examples":[
"the plan worked despite its sheer nuttiness"
],
"synonyms":[
"absurdity",
"asininity",
"balminess",
"brainlessness",
"craziness",
"daftness",
"dippiness",
"dottiness",
"fatuity",
"fatuousness",
"folly",
"foolishness",
"imbecility",
"inanity",
"insanity",
"lunacy",
"madness",
"nonsensicalness",
"preposterousness",
"senselessness",
"silliness",
"simplicity",
"unwisdom",
"wackiness",
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"dumbness",
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"curio",
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"freak",
"fantast",
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"follower",
"sheep"
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"read conspiracy theories from some nutter on the Internet"
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"whacko"
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"tyke",
"tike",
"weirdo",
"zany",
"case",
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"noun"
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"opted for a nutritious snack and bought an apple instead of a candy bar"
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"unhealthy",
"unwholesome"
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"nonnutritive"
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"salubrious",
"salutary",
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"unhealthy",
"unwholesome"
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"adjective"
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"examples":[
"a group of old girlfriends fondly recalling teen heartthrobs that they were once nuts about"
],
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"crazy (about or over)",
"dotty (over)",
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"gaga (over)",
"gone (on)",
"infatuated (with)",
"mad (about)"
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"captivated",
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"entranced",
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"unenchanted",
"unimpressed",
"disenchanted",
"disillusioned",
"heart-free"
],
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},
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"adjective"
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"a nutshell of a fan base"
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"jot",
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"lick",
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"granule",
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"scruple",
"snip",
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"speck",
"tittle",
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"shaving",
"smithereens"
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"chunk",
"gob",
"hunk",
"lump",
"slab",
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"barrel",
"bucket",
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"deal",
"heaps",
"loads",
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"peck",
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"raft",
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"stack",
"volume",
"wad",
"wealth"
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},
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"noun"
]
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"having or showing a very abnormal or sick state of mind":{
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"the bizarre rantings in the notes left behind by the artist convinced historians that the guy was nuts"
],
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"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",
"nutty",
"psycho",
"psychotic",
"scatty",
"screwy",
"unbalanced",
"unhinged",
"unsound",
"wacko",
"whacko",
"wacky",
"whacky",
"wud"
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"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"
],
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"clear",
"lucid",
"rational",
"reasonable",
"judicious",
"sensible",
"wise",
"healthy",
"normal",
"well-adjusted",
"unneurotic"
],
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"balanced",
"compos mentis",
"sane",
"sound",
"uncrazy"
]
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"showing urgent desire or interest":{
"examples":[
"I'm nuts for the homecoming game"
],
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"agog",
"antsy",
"anxious",
"ardent",
"athirst",
"avid",
"crazy",
"desirous",
"eager",
"enthused",
"enthusiastic",
"excited",
"geeked",
"great",
"greedy",
"gung ho",
"hepped up",
"hopped-up",
"hot",
"hungry",
"impatient",
"juiced",
"keen",
"pumped",
"raring",
"solicitous",
"stoked",
"thirsty",
"voracious",
"wild"
],
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"engaged",
"interested",
"happy",
"hung up",
"obsessed",
"ambitious",
"appetent",
"covetous",
"craving",
"hankering",
"longing",
"pining",
"breathless",
"restive",
"restless",
"amenable",
"disposed",
"game",
"glad",
"inclined",
"ready",
"unreluctant",
"willing"
],
"near antonyms":[
"casual",
"incurious",
"insouciant",
"nonchalant",
"unconcerned",
"uninterested",
"aloof",
"detached",
"disinterested",
"impassive",
"stolid",
"halfhearted",
"lackadaisical",
"languid",
"languorous",
"lukewarm",
"spiritless",
"averse",
"disinclined",
"hesitant",
"loath",
"loth",
"loathe",
"reluctant",
"unwilling"
],
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"apathetic",
"indifferent",
"uneager",
"unenthusiastic"
]
},
"language, behavior, or ideas that are absurd and contrary to good sense":{
"examples":[
"responding to your opponent's every argument with \" Nuts !\" is not exactly finely reasoned refutation"
],
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"applesauce",
"balderdash",
"baloney",
"boloney",
"beans",
"bilge",
"blah",
"blah-blah",
"blarney",
"blather",
"blatherskite",
"blither",
"bosh",
"bull",
"bunk",
"bunkum",
"buncombe",
"claptrap",
"codswallop",
"crapola",
"crock",
"drivel",
"drool",
"fiddle",
"fiddle-faddle",
"fiddlesticks",
"flannel",
"flapdoodle",
"folderol",
"falderal",
"folly",
"foolishness",
"fudge",
"garbage",
"guff",
"hogwash",
"hokeypokey",
"hokum",
"hoodoo",
"hooey",
"horsefeathers",
"humbug",
"humbuggery",
"jazz",
"malarkey",
"malarky",
"moonshine",
"muck",
"nerts",
"nonsense",
"piffle",
"poppycock",
"punk",
"rot",
"rubbish",
"senselessness",
"silliness",
"slush",
"stupidity",
"taradiddle",
"tarradiddle",
"tommyrot",
"tosh",
"trash",
"trumpery",
"twaddle"
],
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"absurdity",
"asininity",
"fatuity",
"foolery",
"idiocy",
"imbecility",
"inaneness",
"inanity",
"insanity",
"kookiness",
"lunacy",
"absurdness",
"craziness",
"madness",
"witlessness",
"hoity-toity",
"monkey business",
"monkeyshine(s)",
"shenanigan(s)",
"tomfoolery",
"gas",
"hot air",
"rigmarole",
"rigamarole",
"double-talk",
"greek",
"hocus-pocus"
],
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"levelheadedness",
"rationality",
"reasonability",
"reasonableness",
"sensibleness",
"common sense",
"horse sense",
"sense",
"discernment",
"judgment",
"judgement",
"wisdom"
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"adjective",
"noun"
]
},
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"a person of odd or whimsical habits":{
"examples":[
"rather than ostracizing them, the British seem to cherish their nutters"
],
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"characters",
"codgers",
"crackbrains",
"crackpots",
"cracks",
"cranks",
"eccentrics",
"flakes",
"fruitcakes",
"head cases",
"kooks",
"nutcases",
"nuts",
"oddballs",
"oddities",
"originals",
"quizzes",
"screwballs",
"weirdos",
"zanies"
],
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"bohemians",
"mavericks",
"nonconformists",
"quixotes",
"coots",
"geezers",
"curios",
"rarities",
"freaks",
"fantasticoes",
"fantasts"
],
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"conformers",
"conformists",
"followers",
"sheep"
],
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"read conspiracy theories from some nutter on the Internet"
],
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"bugs",
"crackbrains",
"crazies",
"fools",
"fruitcakes",
"head cases",
"loonies",
"loons",
"lunatics",
"maniacs",
"nutcases",
"nuts",
"psychopaths",
"psychos",
"sickies",
"sickos",
"wackos",
"whackos"
],
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"madmen",
"abnormals",
"deviants",
"monomaniacs",
"mythomaniacs",
"neurotics",
"obsessive-compulsives",
"obsessives",
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"originals",
"quizzes",
"screwballs",
"tykes",
"tikes",
"weirdos",
"zanies",
"cases",
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"noun"
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"having or showing a very abnormal or sick state of mind":{
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"the only other prisoner in the dungeon was a nutty soul who feasted on bugs"
],
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"barmy",
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"demented",
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"gaga",
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"kooky",
"kookie",
"loco",
"loony",
"looney",
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"mad",
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"meshuga",
"meshugge",
"meshugah",
"meshuggah",
"moonstruck",
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"psychotic",
"scatty",
"screwy",
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"wacko",
"whacko",
"wacky",
"whacky",
"wud"
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"fey",
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"off",
"potty",
"teched",
"tetched",
"touched",
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"delirious",
"delusional",
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"eccentric",
"odd",
"oddball",
"pixilated",
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"queer",
"strange",
"foolish",
"senseless",
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"amuck",
"ape",
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"berserk",
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"distracted",
"distraught",
"frantic",
"frenzied",
"hysterical",
"hysteric",
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"wigged-out",
"fixated",
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"obsessed"
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"lucid",
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"wise",
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"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",
"preposterous",
"sappy",
"screwball",
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"stupid",
"tomfool",
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"whacky",
"weak-minded",
"witless",
"zany"
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"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",
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"lamebrained",
"mindless",
"moronic",
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"obtuse",
"opaque",
"pinheaded",
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"soft",
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"thick",
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"sound",
"wise"
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]
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