wackos

People considered nuts

Wackos is the plural of wacko, a noun and adjective for someone considered crazy, eccentric, or irrational.

The term is dismissive rather than clinical—used for conspiracy theorists, fanatics, or anyone whose behavior strikes the speaker as bizarre: The meeting attracted the usual wackos.

Also spelled whackos.

eccentrics

oddballs

Unconventional people

crackpots · kooks · loonies · fruitcakes · screwballs · zanies · characters · misfits · eccentrics · nonconformists

dangerous

lunatics

People considered insane

deranged · unstable · disturbed · unhinged · extremists · radicals · zealots · paranoid · delusional · erratic

dismissive

nutcases

Eccentric or irrational people

cranks · quacks · fringe · believers · paranoid · delusional · ridiculous · absurd · ridicule · mockery

Opposites
mental stability/rationality

wackosreasonable people

Those amenable to logic

pragmatists · realists · cool heads

social conformity/normalcy

wackosconformists

Those obeying social norms

straight arrows · squares · normies · regular people · straights

Phrases
Family

wacky, wacko, wackoes

Familiarity
Top 100,000
Profile
Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Negative · Everyday, not technical · Rated PG