lunatic

1. 1.

   insane and believed to be affected by the phases of the moon

   Synonymsmoonstruck

   Similarinsane

   colloquialism

Other forms of lunatic

plural

lunatics·

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 lunatic

What does lunatic mean?

lunatic means "an insane person". That is the primary sense; the word has 3 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in lunatic?

lunatic has 3 syllables: lu-na-tic. The stress falls on "lu". In IPA it is /ˈlunəˌtɪk/.

What is another word for lunatic?

Close synonyms include madman, maniac, daredevil, madcap, hothead. 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.

Is lunatic a common word?

lunatic is banded "Common" — everyday vocabulary in speech and writing. 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 lunatic?

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