madman
noun
1 madman
An insane person.
synonyms: lunatic, maniac.
Roget 501:
fool,
idiot,
tomfool,
wiseacre,
simpleton,
witling†,
dizzard†,
donkey,
ass;
ninny,
ninnyhammer†;
chowderhead†,
chucklehead†;
dolt,
booby,
Tom Noddy,
looby†,
hoddy-doddy†,
noddy,
nonny,
noodle,
nizy†,
owl;
goose,
goosecap†;
imbecile;
gaby†;
radoteur†,
nincompoop,
badaud†,
zany;
trifler,
babbler;
pretty fellow;
natural,
niais†.
child,
baby,
infant,
innocent,
milksop,
sop.
oaf,
lout,
loon,
lown†,
dullard,
doodle,
calf,
colt,
buzzard,
block,
put,
stick,
stock,
numps†,
tony.
bull head,
dunderhead,
addlehead†,
blockhead,
dullhead†,
loggerhead,
jolthead†,
jolterhead†,
beetlehead†,
beetlebrain,
grosshead†,
muttonhead,
noodlehead,
giddyhead†;
numbskull,
thickskull†;
lackbrain†,
shallowbrain†;
dimwit,
halfwit,
lackwit†;
dunderpate†;
lunkhead sawney [U.S.],
gowk†;
clod,
clod-hopper;
clod-poll,
clot-poll,
clot-pate;
bull calf;
gawk,
Gothamite,
lummox,
rube [U.S.];
men of Boeotia,
wise men of Gotham.
un sot a triple etage [Fr.],
sot;
jobbernowl†,
changeling,
mooncalf,
gobemouche†.
dotard,
driveler;
old fogey,
old woman,
crock;
crone,
grandmother;
cotquean†,
henhussy†.
incompetent
(insanity)
503.
greenhorn
etc.
(dupe)
547;
dunce
etc.
(ignoramus)
493;
lubber
etc.
(bungler)
701;
madman
etc.
504.
one who will not set the Thames on fire;
one who did not invent gunpowder,
qui n'a pas invente' la poudre [Fr.];
no conjuror.
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Roget 504:
madman,
lunatic,
maniac,
bedlamite†,
candidate for Bedlam,
raver†,
madcap,
crazy;
energumen†;
automaniac†,
monomaniac,
dipsomaniac,
kleptomaniac;
hypochondriac
etc.
(low spirits);;
crank,
Tom o'Bedlam.
dreamer
etc.
515;
rhapsodist,
seer,
highflier†,
enthusiast,
fanatic,
fanatico [Sp.];
exalte [Fr.];
knight errant,
Don Quixote.
idiot
etc.
501.
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Dutch: gek, dolleman, maniak
Moby thesaurus: aliene, ass, bedlamite, borderline case, crackbrain, crackpot, dement, demoniac, donkey, energumen, fanatic, flake, fou, idiot, imbecile, jackass, jerk, kook, loon, loony, lunatic, maniac, meshuggenah, nincompoop, ninny, non compos, noncompos, nut, phrenetic, psycho, psychopath, psychotic, raving lunatic, screwball, weirdo ... show more.
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