wacky
1. ludicrous, foolish (Freq. 1)
- gave me a cockamamie reason for not going
- wore a goofy hat
- a silly idea
- some wacky plan for selling more books
• Syn:
cockamamie, cockamamy, goofy, sappy, silly,
whacky, zany
• Similar to:
foolish
• Derivationally related forms:
zany (for: zany), silliness (for: silly), goof (for: goofy)
• Usage Domain:
colloquialism
2. informal or slang terms for mentally irregular
- it used to drive my husband balmy
• Syn:
balmy, barmy, bats, batty, bonkers,
buggy, cracked, crackers, daft, dotty, fruity,
haywire, kooky, kookie, loco, loony, loopy,
nuts, nutty, round the bend, around the bend, whacky
• Similar to:
insane
• Derivationally related forms:
loon (for: loony), kook (for: kooky), daftness (for: daft)
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