not right in the head
A bit crazy
Not right in the head describes someone who seems mentally unstable, irrational, or eccentric.
The phrase is informal and often dismissive rather than clinical: After he quit his job to chase conspiracy theories, his family worried he wasn't right in the head.
It can range from gentle concern to outright insult depending on context.
- loonyAbsurdly irrational
- not all thereMentally deficient somehow
- confusedUnable to understand
- abnormalDeviating from typical
- babbleIncoherent speech
mistaken · bonkers · lunatic · off one's rocker · irrational · off-kilter · unhinged · out of one's mind · touched · unreasonable · muddled · crazy · round the bend · delusional · mixed up · nutty · bats in the belfry · incoherent
not right in the headsane
Mentally healthy, clearheaded
of sound mind · all there · in one's right mind · lucid · compos mentis
not right in the headrational
Governed by logic
reasonable · sensible · sound · level-headed · logical
right, naught, naughty, rightly, righteous, righteousness, rightful, rightfully, headed