nut case

1. 1.

   a whimsically eccentric person

   Synonymscrackpotcranknutfruitcakescrewball

   Broadereccentric

Questions about nut case

What does nut case mean?

nut case means "a whimsically eccentric person".

What is another word for nut case?

Close synonyms include crackpot, crank, nut, fruitcake, screwball. 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 nut case a common word?

nut case is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.