zany

The word “zany” has 2 syllables: za-ny

It's pronounced as /ˈzeɪni/


What is synonym and antonym for zany?

In the thesaurus, “zany” has 188 synonyms and 24 antonyms.

Here are synonyms and antonyms for zany along with examples of usage in sentences.


Synonyms for zany

Antonyms for zany

Meanings of zany

  • noun
    1. A fool or clown, especially one whose business on the stage is to imitate foolishly the actions of the principal clown.
  • verb
    1. To mimic foolishly.
  • adjective
    1. Unusual and awkward in a funny, comical manner; outlandish; clownish.
    2. Ludicrously or incongruously comical.

Example Sentences

  • The comedian's zany antics and playful humor had the audience roaring with laughter.
  • At the costume party, he showed up in a zany outfit that turned heads and sparked conversation.
  • The office prankster was known for his zany ideas that kept the workplace atmosphere light.
  • The circus featured a troupe of zany clowns who entertained the crowd with their hilarious stunts.
  • The film's plot took a turn toward the zany as the characters found themselves in increasingly absurd situations.

On this page you'll find 212 synonyms, antonyms, or another words to zany, such as: absurd, airheaded, antic, asinine, balmy, birdbrained, bohemian.

Make sure to choose synonyms and antonyms that are appropriate for the context of the sentence.

Related Words

absurd

balmy

  • aberrant
  • absurd
  • airheaded
  • amok
  • amuck
  • ape
  • around the bend
  • asinine
  • ballistic
  • bananas
  • barmy
  • bats
  • batty
  • bedlam
  • benign
  • berserk
  • birdbrained
  • bland
  • bonkers
  • boobish
  • brain-dead
  • brainless
  • brainsick
  • bubbleheaded
  • buffering
  • buffoonish
  • bugged out
  • bughouse
  • calm
  • certifiable
  • chowderheaded
  • chuckleheaded
  • clear
  • clement
  • cloudless
  • clownish
  • clueless
  • cockeyed
  • compassionate
  • crackbrained
  • cracked
  • crackers
  • crackpot
  • cranky
  • crazed
  • crazy
  • cuckoo
  • cushioning
  • daffy
  • daft
  • delicate
  • delightful
  • delirious
  • delusional
  • delusionary
  • demented
  • dense
  • depressed
  • deranged
  • dim
  • dim-witted
  • dippy
  • disordered
  • distracted
  • distraught
  • disturbed
  • doltish
  • dopey
  • dopy
  • dorky
  • dotty
  • dull
  • dumb
  • dunderheaded
  • easy
  • eccentric
  • emollient
  • empty-headed
  • equable
  • fair
  • fallacious
  • farcical
  • fatuous
  • featherheaded
  • feebleminded
  • fey
  • fine
  • fixated
  • fool
  • foolish
  • frantic
  • frenzied
  • fruity
  • gaga
  • genial
  • gentle
  • glorious
  • gormless
  • halcyon
  • half-baked
  • half-witted
  • harebrained
  • haywire
  • hysteric
  • hysterical
  • idiotic
  • idiotical
  • ill-advised
  • illogical
  • imbecile
  • imbecilic
  • inept
  • insane
  • invalid
  • irrational
  • jerky
  • knuckleheaded
  • kookie
  • kooky
  • lamebrain
  • lamebrained
  • laughable
  • lenient
  • light
  • loco
  • looney
  • looney tunes
  • loony
  • loony tunes
  • loopy
  • ludicrous
  • lunatic
  • lunkheaded
  • mad
  • maniac
  • maniacal
  • mellow
  • mental
  • merciful
  • meshuga
  • meshugah
  • meshuggah
  • meshugge
  • mild
  • mindless
  • moderate
  • moist
  • monomaniac
  • monomaniacal
  • moonstruck
  • moronic
  • neurotic
  • non compos mentis
  • nonabrasive
  • nonrational
  • nonsensical
  • notional
  • nuclear
  • nuts
  • nutty
  • oafish
  • obsessed
  • obsessive-compulsive
  • obtuse
  • odd
  • oddball
  • off
  • opaque
  • out to lunch
  • pacific
  • paranoiac
  • paranoic
  • paranoid
  • paranoidal
  • peaceful
  • pinheaded
  • pixilated
  • pixillated
  • placid
  • pleasant
  • potty
  • preposterous
  • psycho
  • psychotic
  • queer
  • quiet
  • rainless
  • raving
  • refreshing
  • ridiculous
  • sappy
  • scatty
  • schizoid
  • schizophrenic
  • screwball
  • screwy
  • senseless
  • serene
  • silly
  • simple
  • simpleminded
  • sleek
  • slick
  • slow
  • slow-witted
  • smooth
  • sociopathic
  • soft
  • softening
  • softheaded
  • soothing
  • strange
  • stupid
  • summerlike
  • summery
  • sunny
  • sunshiny
  • surd
  • teched
  • temperate
  • tender
  • tetched
  • thick
  • thickheaded
  • thoughtless
  • tomfool
  • touched
  • tranquil
  • tropical
  • unbalanced
  • unconsidered
  • unhinged
  • unintelligent
  • unreasonable
  • unreasoned
  • unreasoning
  • unsound
  • unwise
  • vacuous
  • wacko
  • wacky
  • warm
  • weak
  • weak-minded
  • whacko
  • whacky
  • wigged-out
  • witless
  • wud
  • zany

banterer

campy

  • absurd
  • affected
  • agreeable
  • airish
  • amusing
  • antic
  • antimacho
  • apish
  • artificial
  • artsy
  • asinine
  • assumed
  • awkward
  • batty
  • bizarre
  • blithe
  • blithesome
  • boffo
  • bright
  • brilliant
  • camp
  • ceremonious
  • charming
  • cheerful
  • cheering
  • chichi
  • chucklesome
  • clownish
  • comedic
  • comic
  • comical
  • conceited
  • conscious
  • contrived
  • counterfeit
  • counterfeited
  • crazy
  • cut up
  • daffy
  • dandyish
  • delightful
  • derisive
  • derisory
  • dippy
  • diverting
  • dramaturgic
  • droll
  • dudish
  • dumb
  • eccentric
  • effeminate
  • effete
  • enchanting
  • engaging
  • enjoyable
  • entertaining
  • epicene
  • epigrammatic
  • exaggerated
  • facetious
  • faked
  • false
  • fanciful
  • fantastic
  • farcical
  • feigned
  • feminine
  • flaky
  • flip
  • flippant
  • fooling around
  • foolish
  • foppish
  • for grins
  • fraud
  • fraudulent
  • freaky
  • frolicsome
  • fun
  • funny
  • gagged up
  • gay
  • gelastic
  • girlie
  • girlish
  • girly
  • gladdening
  • gleeful
  • gone Hollywood
  • goofy
  • gratifying
  • gut-busting
  • ham
  • hammy
  • happy
  • har-har
  • hare-brained
  • highfalutin
  • hilarious
  • histrionic
  • histrionical
  • hollow
  • humoristic
  • humorous
  • hysteric
  • hysterical
  • idiotic
  • illogical
  • imitated
  • inane
  • incongruous
  • ingenious
  • insincere
  • intelligent
  • interesting
  • irrational
  • jesting
  • jocose
  • jocular
  • jocund
  • jokey
  • joking
  • joky
  • jolly
  • joshing
  • jovial
  • joyous
  • keen
  • killing
  • knockabout
  • kooky
  • la-di-da
  • laffer
  • laughable
  • laughing
  • lighthearted
  • lively
  • loony
  • ludicrous
  • mad
  • madcap
  • mannered
  • melodramatic
  • meretricious
  • merry
  • mirthful
  • mischievous
  • mocking
  • nonsensical
  • nutty
  • odd
  • off the wall
  • old-maidish
  • operatic
  • original
  • ostentatious
  • outrageous
  • overdone
  • overnice
  • pedantic
  • penetrating
  • pert
  • phony
  • piercing
  • piquant
  • playacting
  • playful
  • pleasant
  • pleasing
  • pompous
  • posed
  • precious
  • preposterous
  • pretended
  • pretentious
  • priceless
  • prissy
  • put on
  • quaint
  • quick-witted
  • quizzical
  • ribald
  • rich
  • ridiculous
  • riot
  • riotous
  • risible
  • roguish
  • sappy
  • schmaltzy
  • scintillating
  • scream
  • screaming
  • screwy
  • self-conscious
  • shallow
  • sham
  • showy
  • side-splitting
  • sidesplitting
  • silly
  • simulated
  • sissified
  • sissy
  • slapstick
  • slapsticky
  • smart
  • smart-aleck
  • smart-alecky
  • snickery
  • sparkling
  • spinsterish
  • sportive
  • spurious
  • staged
  • stagy
  • stiff
  • stilted
  • stuck-up
  • studied
  • stupid
  • superficial
  • teasing
  • theatric
  • theatrical
  • thespian
  • tomfool
  • too funny for words
  • tragic
  • twee
  • unmanly
  • unnatural
  • unreal
  • unreasonable
  • unusual
  • uproarious
  • vaudeville
  • wacky
  • waggish
  • whimsical
  • witty
  • womanish
  • womanlike
  • womanly
  • wry
  • zany

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