insane

Other forms of insane

comparative

insaner·

superlative

insanest·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about insane

What does insane mean?

insane means "afflicted with or characteristic of mental derangement". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in insane?

insane has 2 syllables: in-sane. The stress falls on "sane". In IPA it is /ˌɪnˈseɪn/.

What is another word for insane?

Close synonyms include harebrained, mad. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

What is the opposite of insane?

The recorded antonyms are sane.

Is insane a common word?

insane is banded "Core" — among the few thousand words that carry most english. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

What rhymes with insane?

3 words rhyme with insane. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.