Synonyms of kooky

kooky

adjective

ˈkü-kē 

variants also kookie

1

as in bizarre

different from the ordinary in a way that causes curiosity or suspicion

I'm not sure that someone with such kooky ideas on biology should be teaching the subject to high schoolers

Synonyms & Similar Words

• bizarre
• weird
• funny
• strange
• curious
• odd
• wild
• remarkable
• crazy
• peculiar
• fantastical
• eccentric
• quirky
• wacky
• off-the-wall
• queer
• unique
• offbeat
• whacky
• outstanding
• funky
• outlandish
• kinky
• quaint
• fantastic
• prominent
• screwy
• outré
• unconventional
• out-of-the-way
• singular
• weirdo
• far-out
• way-out
• erratic
• off-kilter
• bizarro
• unusual
• cranky
• outrageous
• rum
• queerish
• spaced-out
• freaky
• extraordinary
• abnormal
• striking
• freakish
• uncommon
• flaky
• aberrant
• salient
• freak
• out-there
• atypical
• phantasmagoric
• rare
• idiosyncratic
• noticeable
• phenomenal
• phantasmagorical
• notable
• puzzling
• conspicuous
• unorthodox
• unwonted
• perplexing
• nonconformist
• baffling
• shocking
• crotchety
• confounding
• atrocious
• addlepated
• mystifying
• bewildering
• uncustomary
• nonmainstream

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• normal
• typical
• usual
• ordinary
• standard
• average
• prosaic
• conservative
• routine
• everyday
• garden
• commonplace
• conventional
• unremarkable
• familiar
• unexceptional
• run-of-the-mill
• predictable
• workaday
• common
• regular
• conformist
• frequent
• customary
• expected
• habitual
• knee-jerk
• wonted

2

as in psychotic

having or showing a very abnormal or sick state of mind

if you think that drugs aren't bad for you, you haven't met that guy's kooky friends

Synonyms & Similar Words

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

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

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

3

as in silly

showing or marked by a lack of good sense or judgment

a kooky bicyclist who stubbornly refuses to wear a helmet

that was a kooky thing to do

Synonyms & Similar Words

• silly
• stupid
• lunatic
• crazy
• mad
• foolish
• zany
• whacky
• dumb
• wacky
• ridiculous
• loony
• nutty
• slow
• insane
• absurd
• simple
• daffy
• looney
• dippy
• nonsensical
• screwball
• fatuous
• dotty
• preposterous
• daft
• fool
• asinine
• harebrained
• witless
• cuckoo
• crackpot
• sappy
• unwise
• jerky
• inept
• simpleminded
• weak
• cockeyed
• brainless
• out to lunch
• weak-minded
• senseless
• balmy
• half-baked
• bubbleheaded
• lunkheaded
• idiotic
• dull
• half-witted
• tomfool
• dopey
• moronic
• imbecilic
• irrational
• illogical
• dorky
• featherheaded
• clueless
• vacuous
• thoughtless
• dense
• obtuse
• doltish
• unreasonable
• unintelligent
• imbecile
• oafish
• ludicrous
• feebleminded
• pinheaded
• brain-dead
• mindless
• dunderheaded
• dopy
• thickheaded
• lamebrain
• opaque
• dim
• farcical
• softheaded
• laughable
• fallacious
• nonrational
• clownish
• soft
• unreasoning
• idiotical
• unsound
• lamebrained
• knuckleheaded
• dim-witted
• gormless
• airheaded
• invalid
• thick
• empty-headed
• surd
• chuckleheaded
• slow-witted
• buffoonish
• notional
• birdbrained
• ill-advised
• boobish
• chowderheaded
• unreasoned
• unconsidered

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• wise
• sound
• sensible
• sane
• prudent
• intelligent
• judicious
• clever
• bright
• reasonable
• smart
• logical
• sagacious
• valid
• rational
• sage
• brainy
• sapient
• well-advised

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of kooky

Though the mysteries, shenanigans, and kooky characters of Mike White’s brainchild bring us back every season, the infamous fashion is not to be overlooked. —Madison Yauger, People.com, 23 Feb. 2025

But there has to be a better way to do this and part of that is reforming New York City’s very kooky property tax structure, where Con Ed pays more to City Hall than anyone else and then has to charge higher fees to customers. —New York Daily News Editorial Board, New York Daily News, 15 Feb. 2025

Fast-food chains around the country are soon featuring spooky – or altogether kooky – additions to their menus to celebrate Halloween. —Christine Rousselle, Fox News, 4 Oct. 2024

But, at least the comedy in this spinoff, which has the black-and-white foursome on a mission to stop an evil octopus supervillain in a kooky James Bond pastiche, works. —James Grebey, Vulture, 31 Jan. 2025