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Synonyms for nuts

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

Adjective

1. balmy, barmy, bats, batty, bonkers, buggy, cracked, crackers, daft, dotty, fruity, haywire, kooky, kookie, loco, loony, loopy, nuts, nutty, round the bend, around the bend, wacky, whacky, insane (vs. sane)
usage: informal or slang terms for mentally irregular; "it used to drive my husband balmy"
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