Synonyms of psychotic

psychotic

adjective

sī-ˈkä-tik 

as in lunatic

having or showing a very abnormal or sick state of mind

the identity of the psychotic criminal remains a puzzle

Synonyms & Similar Words

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

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

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

Examples of psychotic in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Consumption may increase manic and psychotic symptoms, and there may be a greater risk of suicide. —Gary Stix, Scientific American, 29 Nov. 2022

The traditional anti-psychotic Haldol for example can cause severe Parkinson’s symptoms in patients with Lewy body dementia, but not in a patient with Alzheimer’s disease. —Gretchen Cuda Kroen, cleveland, 18 Nov. 2022

Stories started getting a little more gothic and grittier, the longtime villains a little more unstable and psychotic. —David Fear, Rolling Stone, 23 Feb. 2022

There was also a small, but worrisome risk of being diagnosed with a psychotic disorder such as schizophrenia or delusional thinking. —Sandee Lamotte, CNN, 18 Aug. 2022