Lunatic — meaning, pronunciation & more

Definition

an insane person

a reckless impetuous irresponsible person

Pronunciation

🇺🇸American English

/lˈuːnətˌɪk/

🇬🇧British English

/lˈuːnətˌɪk/

🇮🇳Indian English

/lˈuːnətˌɪk/

3 syllables Say it as /lˈuːnətˌɪk/.

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms

swashbuckler hothead harum-scarum madcap daredevil moonstruck madman maniac

Parts of Speech

noun	an insane person
noun	a reckless impetuous irresponsible person
adjective	insane and believed to be affected by the phases of the moon

Word Forms

maniacal	adjective	wildly disordered
daredevil	adjective	presumptuously daring
harum-scarum	adjective	cheerfully irresponsible
lunacy	noun	obsolete terms for legal insanity

Around the World

Europe

🇩🇪German

verrückt

ein verrückter Mensch

🇫🇷French

fou

une personne folle

🇪🇸Spanish

lunático

una persona loca

🇮🇹Italian

pazzo

una persona pazza

🇳🇱Dutch

gek

een krankzinnig persoon

🇵🇹Portuguese

lunático

uma pessoa louca

🇷🇺Russian

сумасшедший

сумасшедший человек

India

🇮🇳Hindi

पागल मनुष्य

एक पागल व्यक्ति

🇧🇩Bengali

পাগল

একজন পাগল মানুষ

🇮🇳Tamil

பைத்தியக்காரன்

ஒரு பைத்தியக்காரன்

🇮🇳Telugu

వెర్రివాడు

ఒక పిచ్చి వ్యక్తి

🇮🇳Marathi

वेडा

एक वेडा माणूस

🇮🇳Gujarati

પાગલ

એક પાગલ વ્યક્તિ

🇮🇳Kannada

ಹುಚ್ಚುತನದ

ಒಬ್ಬ ಹುಚ್ಚುತನದ ವ್ಯಕ್ತಿ

🇮🇳Malayalam

ഭ്രാന്തൻ

ഒരു ഭ്രാന്തൻ

🇮🇳Punjabi

ਪਾਗਲ

ਇੱਕ ਪਾਗਲ ਵਿਅਕਤੀ

🇵🇰Urdu

پاگل

ایک پاگل شخص

East & Southeast Asia

🇨🇳Chinese

疯子

一个疯子

🇯🇵Japanese

狂った

非常識な人

🇰🇷Korean

미치광이

미친 사람

🇻🇳Vietnamese

người mất trí

một người điên

🇹🇭Thai

คนบ้า

🇮🇩Indonesian

gila

orang gila

🇵🇭Filipino

baliw

isang baliw na tao

🇲🇾Malay

gila

seorang yang gila

Middle East

🇸🇦Arabic

مجنون

شخص مجنون

🇮🇷Persian

دیوانه

یک فرد دیوانه

🇹🇷Turkish

deli

deli bir insan

🇮🇱Hebrew

מְטוּרָף

אדם מטורף

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