All crackpot synonyms
crack·pot
C c noun crackpot
- kook — an eccentric, strange, or foolish person.
- screwball — Slang. an eccentric or whimsically eccentric person; a nut.
- oddball — a person or thing that is atypical, bizarre, eccentric, or nonconforming, especially one having beliefs that are unusual but harmless.
- lunatic — (no longer in technical use; now considered offensive) an insane person.
- maniac — Mathematical Analyzer, Numerical Integrator and Computer
- nut — the goddess of the sky, sometimes shown as a cow bearing Ra on her back and the stars on her underside.
- flake — fake2 (defs 2, 3).
- crank — If you call someone a crank, you think their ideas or behaviour are strange.
- wacko — Also, wack. an eccentric, strange, or odd person.
- insane — not sane; not of sound mind; mentally deranged.
adjective crackpot
- impractical — not practical or useful.
- unrealistic — interested in, concerned with, or based on what is real or practical: a realistic estimate of costs; a realistic planner.
- eccentric — deviating from the recognized or customary character, practice, etc.; irregular; erratic; peculiar; odd: eccentric conduct; an eccentric person.
- wild — living in a state of nature; not tamed or domesticated: a wild animal; wild geese.
- crazy — If you describe someone or something as crazy, you think they are very foolish or strange.
- outlandish — freakishly or grotesquely strange or odd, as appearance, dress, objects, ideas, or practices; bizarre: outlandish clothes; outlandish questions.