kooky
adjective
ˈkü-kē 
variants or less commonly kookie
kookier; kookiest
: having the characteristics of a kook : crazy, offbeat
kookiness noun
Synonyms
- bizarre
- bizarro
- cranky
- crazy
- curious
- eccentric
- erratic
- far-out
- funky
- funny
- kinky
- odd
- off-kilter
- off-the-wall
- offbeat
- out-of-the-way
- outlandish
- outré
- peculiar
- quaint
- queer
- queerish
- quirky
- remarkable
- rum [chiefly British]
- screwy
- spaced-out
- strange
- wacky
- whacky
- way-out
- weird
- weirdo
- wild
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Example Sentences
I'm not sure that someone with such kooky ideas on biology should be teaching the subject to high schoolers. if you think that drugs aren't bad for you, you haven't met that guy's kooky friends
Recent Examples on the Web Infused within an episode that was genuinely terrifying at the time for sitcom standards were the kooky deaths of the John Adams High staff and students, including death by scissors (RIP, Feeny), and death by books (RIP, Eric and Feffy). 
Jessica Wang, EW.com, 31 Aug. 2022 Though this is definitely an often purposely kooky depiction of a ballet class, the atmosphere captures the ways in which dancers are deeply interested in and even obsessed by the minutiae (usually). Janine Parker, BostonGlobe.com, 12 Aug. 2022 The book itself brims filled with neurotic psychotics and Pop Culture debris, kooky killers with offbeat nicknames and more spilled Type O than a blood bank in a Mack Sennett two-reeler. David Fear, Rolling Stone, 2 Aug. 2022 The kooky visual features both stars as a pair of contestants on a Love Island-esque reality show called Villa Mon Amour. Glenn Rowley, Billboard, 27 July 2022 Instead, this movie is about creating the hazy feel of early ‘70s American cinema, filled with kooky and paranoid characters who talk nonstop. Noel Murray, Los Angeles Times, 8 July 2022 The costars speak to EW about the kooky Booksmart-esque comedy, paranormal encounters, and the show's big twist. Jessica Wang, EW.com, 8 July 2022 Looking forward to her next slightly kooky relationship hack! Elizabeth Logan, Glamour, 5 July 2022 At first, the company focused on kooky innovations, including records that projected 3-D images when spun. Spencer Kornhaber, The Atlantic, 9 June 2022 See More
Jessica Wang, EW.com, 31 Aug. 2022 Though this is definitely an often purposely kooky depiction of a ballet class, the atmosphere captures the ways in which dancers are deeply interested in and even obsessed by the minutiae (usually). Janine Parker, BostonGlobe.com, 12 Aug. 2022 The book itself brims filled with neurotic psychotics and Pop Culture debris, kooky killers with offbeat nicknames and more spilled Type O than a blood bank in a Mack Sennett two-reeler. David Fear, Rolling Stone, 2 Aug. 2022 The kooky visual features both stars as a pair of contestants on a Love Island-esque reality show called Villa Mon Amour. Glenn Rowley, Billboard, 27 July 2022 Instead, this movie is about creating the hazy feel of early ‘70s American cinema, filled with kooky and paranoid characters who talk nonstop. Noel Murray, Los Angeles Times, 8 July 2022 The costars speak to EW about the kooky Booksmart-esque comedy, paranormal encounters, and the show's big twist. Jessica Wang, EW.com, 8 July 2022 Looking forward to her next slightly kooky relationship hack! Elizabeth Logan, Glamour, 5 July 2022 At first, the company focused on kooky innovations, including records that projected 3-D images when spun. Spencer Kornhaber, The Atlantic, 9 June 2022 See More Word History
First Known Use
1959, in the meaning defined above
kooky
adjective
variants also kookie
1
as in bizarre
different from the ordinary in a way that causes curiosity or suspicion I'm not sure that someone with such kooky ideas on biology should be teaching the subject to high schoolers Synonyms & Similar Words
Relevance
- bizarre
- weird
- funny
- strange
- curious
- odd
- wild
- crazy
- remarkable
- peculiar
- eccentric
- quirky
- wacky
- offbeat
- weirdo
- outré
- funky
- unique
- queer
- whacky
- outlandish
- fantastical
- outstanding
- kinky
- bizarro
- quaint
- screwy
- fantastic
- unconventional
- prominent
- off-the-wall
- singular
- off-kilter
- erratic
- far-out
- way-out
- unusual
- cranky
- outrageous
- queerish
- freaky
- rum
- spaced-out
- extraordinary
- out-of-the-way
- freakish
- abnormal
- striking
- freak
- flaky
- uncommon
- aberrant
- atypical
- salient
- phantasmagoric
- idiosyncratic
- rare
- phenomenal
- notable
- noticeable
- puzzling
- phantasmagorical
- unorthodox
- nonconformist
- baffling
- conspicuous
- perplexing
- bewildering
- uncustomary
- crotchety
- confounding
- unwonted
- shocking
- mystifying
- out-there
- addlepated
- nonmainstream
- atrocious
Antonyms & Near Antonyms
- typical
- normal
- usual
- ordinary
- standard
- prosaic
- conservative
- average
- unremarkable
- commonplace
- routine
- conventional
- everyday
- garden
- familiar
- conformist
- unexceptional
- run-of-the-mill
- predictable
- workaday
- common
- regular
- frequent
- customary
- habitual
- expected
- knee-jerk
- wonted
2
as in psychotic
having or showing a very abnormal or sick state of mind if you think that drugs aren't bad for you, you haven't met that guy's kooky friends Synonyms & Similar Words
- psychotic
- psycho
- mental
- nuts
- crazed
- insane
- wacky
- wacko
- crazy
- cracked
- loony
- deranged
- nutty
- demented
- lunatic
- bonkers
- whacky
- daffy
- unhinged
- disordered
- maniacal
- mad
- daft
- odd
- batty
- maniac
- screwy
- crackpot
- gaga
- barmy
- whacko
- unbalanced
- certifiable
- haywire
- looney
- cuckoo
- around the bend
- scatty
- moonstruck
- bats
- bedlam
- crackers
- bughouse
- fruity
- strange
- paranoid
- obsessed
- touched
- meshuga
- bananas
- loco
- brainsick
- unsound
- eccentric
- loony tunes
- meshugah
- oddball
- loopy
- crackbrained
- cranky
- looney tunes
- balmy
- meshuggah
- neurotic
- out to lunch
- meshugge
- dotty
- schizophrenic
- wud
- depressed
- schizoid
- paranoiac
- delusional
- fey
- sociopathic
- non compos mentis
- out of one's mind
- off one's rocker
- irrational
- off one's gourd
- aberrant
- delirious
- paranoidal
- out of one's head
- off one's head
- disturbed
- unreasonable
- teched
- delusionary
- off
- pixilated
- foolish
- nuclear
- witless
- paranoic
- ballistic
- tetched
- raving
- obsessive-compulsive
- berserk
- hysterical
- potty
- frantic
- ape
- pixillated
- monomaniacal
- queer
- distraught
- monomaniac
- amok
- wigged-out
- fixated
- frenzied
- senseless
- hysteric
- distracted
- amuck
Antonyms & Near Antonyms
- sane
- reasonable
- sound
- rational
- balanced
- sensible
- normal
- uncrazy
- wise
- clear
- lucid
- compos mentis
- judicious
- healthy
- well-adjusted
- unneurotic
3
as in silly
showing or marked by a lack of good sense or judgment a kooky bicyclist who stubbornly refuses to wear a helmet that was a kooky thing to do Synonyms & Similar Words
- silly
- stupid
- crazy
- lunatic
- mad
- foolish
- zany
- wacky
- dumb
- loony
- nutty
- ridiculous
- daffy
- dippy
- insane
- absurd
- whacky
- screwball
- daft
- simple
- dotty
- nonsensical
- slow
- fool
- crackpot
- fatuous
- preposterous
- asinine
- harebrained
- witless
- cuckoo
- looney
- sappy
- inept
- cockeyed
- jerky
- unwise
- simpleminded
- weak
- brainless
- tomfool
- bubbleheaded
- lunkheaded
- idiotic
- half-baked
- senseless
- balmy
- dopey
- dull
- moronic
- dorky
- half-witted
- irrational
- illogical
- clueless
- vacuous
- obtuse
- weak-minded
- featherheaded
- doltish
- thoughtless
- ludicrous
- unreasonable
- oafish
- imbecile
- dense
- unintelligent
- out to lunch
- lamebrain
- feebleminded
- thickheaded
- farcical
- gormless
- mindless
- clownish
- softheaded
- opaque
- laughable
- airheaded
- imbecilic
- dim
- knuckleheaded
- pinheaded
- dunderheaded
- soft
- fallacious
- nonrational
- dim-witted
- chuckleheaded
- unsound
- idiotical
- invalid
- unreasoning
- lamebrained
- surd
- thick
- buffoonish
- empty-headed
- dopy
- brain-dead
- birdbrained
- slow-witted
- notional
- chowderheaded
- boobish
- unreasoned
- unconsidered
- ill-advised
Antonyms & Near Antonyms
- sensible
- sane
- wise
- clever
- sound
- sagacious
- intelligent
- prudent
- judicious
- smart
- bright
- reasonable
- brainy
- logical
- sage
- rational
- valid
- sapient
- well-advised