maniac

maniac
I
(New American Roget's College Thesaurus)
n. madman (see insanity).
II
(Roget's IV) n.
Syn. lunatic, insane person, crazy person; see madman , psychopath .
III
(Roget's 3 Superthesaurus) n.
madman, lunatic, psychotic, *psycho, psychopath, sociopath, *nut, *nutcase, *mental case, *sicko, *loony. see insanity, neurosis, phobia
IV
(Roget's Thesaurus II) I noun A person who is ardently devoted to a particular subject or activity: bug, devotee, enthusiast, fanatic, zealot. Informal: buff2, fan2, fiend. Slang: freak, nut. See CONCERN. II adjective Afflicted with or exhibiting irrationality and mental unsoundness: brainsick, crazy, daft, demented, disordered, distraught, dotty, insane, lunatic, mad, maniacal, mentally ill, moonstruck, off, touched, unbalanced, unsound, wrong. Informal: bonkers, cracked, daffy, gaga, loony. Slang: bananas, batty, buggy, cuckoo, fruity, loco, nuts, nutty, screwy, wacky. Chiefly British: crackers. Law: non compos mentis. Idioms: around the bend, crazy as a loon, mad as a hatter, not all there, nutty as a fruitcake, off (or out of) one's head, off one's rocker, of unsound mind, out of one's mind, sick in the head, stark raving mad. See SANE.

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