English noun: craziness | |||
1. | craziness (state) informal terms for insanity | ||
Synonyms | daftness, flakiness | ||
Broader (hypernym) | insanity | ||
2. | craziness (cognition) the quality of being rash and foolish | ||
Samples | Trying to drive through a blizzard is the height of folly. Adjusting to an insane society is total foolishness. | ||
Synonyms | folly, foolishness, madness | ||
Broader (hypernym) | stupidity | ||
3. | craziness (act) foolish or senseless behavior | ||
Synonyms | folly, foolery, indulgence, lunacy, tomfoolery | ||
Broader (hypernym) | caper, frolic, gambol, play, romp | ||
Narrower (hyponym) | buffoonery, clowning, frivolity, harlequinade, japery, meshugaas, mishegaas, mishegoss, prank | ||