Synonyms of batty

batty

adjective

ˈba-tē 

as in psychotic

having or showing a very abnormal or sick state of mind

a batty old lady who lives with 100 cats

Synonyms & Similar Words

• psychotic
• nuts
• mad
• lunatic
• insane
• crazy
• gaga
• maniac
• maniacal
• mental
• paranoid
• psycho
• looney
• cuckoo
• crazed
• demented
• whacko
• barmy
• loony
• deranged
• wacko
• whacky
• disturbed
• paranoidal
• nutty
• scatty
• ballistic
• daffy
• bonkers
• certifiable
• moonstruck
• unhinged
• bats
• eccentric
• irrational
• meshuga
• strange
• kooky
• haywire
• daft
• loco
• wacky
• cracked
• screwy
• bedlam
• around the bend
• unbalanced
• kookie
• depressed
• bughouse
• crackpot
• non compos mentis
• foolish
• loony tunes
• obsessed
• out to lunch
• crackbrained
• meshuggah
• brainsick
• loopy
• odd
• unsound
• meshugah
• cranky
• balmy
• meshugge
• wud
• fruity
• unreasonable
• neurotic
• hysteric
• distracted
• off
• looney tunes
• dotty
• schizophrenic
• fey
• queer
• distraught
• frantic
• tetched
• schizoid
• crackers
• hysterical
• paranoic
• paranoiac
• delirious
• sociopathic
• delusional
• obsessive-compulsive
• off one's rocker
• out of one's mind
• disordered
• off one's gourd
• delusionary
• oddball
• off one's head
• berserk
• nuclear
• aberrant
• touched
• out of one's head
• pixillated
• witless
• raving
• ape
• pixilated
• amuck
• potty
• wigged-out
• monomaniacal
• amok
• monomaniac
• teched
• frenzied
• fixated
• senseless
• bananas

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• sane
• sound
• balanced
• rational
• clear
• reasonable
• lucid
• normal
• sensible
• judicious
• wise
• compos mentis
• healthy
• uncrazy
• well-adjusted
• unneurotic

Examples of batty in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Not long ago, talking on the phone with Bluetooth headsets made people look batty, but now everyone does it. —Brian X. Chen, New York Times, 1 May 2024

Julia McKenzie: The English actor played the part with vibrant vibrato and a delightfully batty edge in a 1993 revival at London’s National Theatre. —Thomas Floyd, Washington Post, 6 Apr. 2024

Six of the Sacramento region’s top chefs, from a vegetarian proprietor in midtown to fine dining craftspeople in the suburbs, recently sounded off to The Sacramento Bee about the customer behaviors that drive them batty. —Benjy Egel, Sacramento Bee, 4 Apr. 2024

What an absolutely batty journey the Milwaukee Bucks are about to embark on in the immediate hours ahead. —Lori Nickel, Journal Sentinel, 28 Jan. 2024