Synonyms for nut

Noun

1. nut, seed

usage: usually large hard-shelled seed

2. Nut, Egyptian deity

usage: Egyptian goddess of the sky

3. nut, block

usage: a small (usually square or hexagonal) metal block with internal screw thread to be fitted onto a bolt

4. en, nut, linear unit

usage: half the width of an em

5. crackpot, crank, nut, nut case, nutcase, fruitcake, screwball, eccentric, eccentric person, flake, oddball, geek

usage: a whimsically eccentric person

6. addict, nut, freak, junkie, junky, enthusiast, partisan, partizan

usage: someone who is so ardently devoted to something that it resembles an addiction; "a golf addict"; "a car nut"; "a news junkie"

7. testis, testicle, orchis, ball, ballock, bollock, nut, egg, male reproductive gland, gonad, sex gland

usage: one of the two male reproductive glands that produce spermatozoa and secrete androgens; "she kicked him in the balls and got away"

Verb

1. nut, gather, garner, collect, pull together

usage: gather nuts