gaga
adjective
ga·ga ˈgä-(ˌ)gä 
1
: crazy, foolish
2
: marked by wild enthusiasm : infatuated, doting
Synonyms
- balmy
- barmy [chiefly British]
- bats
- batty
- bedlam
- bonkers
- brainsick
- bughouse [slang]
- certifiable
- crackbrained
- cracked
- crackers
- crackpot
- cranky [dialect]
- crazed
- crazy
- cuckoo
- daffy
- daft
- demented
- deranged
- fruity [slang]
- haywire
- insane
- kooky
- kookie
- loco [slang]
- loony
- looney
- loony tunes
- looney tunes
- lunatic
- mad
- maniacal
- maniac
- mental
- meshuga
- meshugge
- meshugah
- meshuggah
- moonstruck
- non compos mentis
- nuts
- nutty
- psycho
- psychotic
- scatty [chiefly British]
- screwy
- unbalanced
- unhinged
- unsound
- wacko
- whacko
- wacky
- whacky
- wud [chiefly Scottish]
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Example Sentences
I can't understand how anyone could be so gaga over golf. He thinks that most artists are at least a little bit gaga.
Recent Examples on the Web One of the main differences between free gaga classes and a hardware-plus-subscription platform such as Peloton is hundreds of millions of dollars in revenue. 
Michael Owen, The Atlantic, 29 May 2020 Turns out, the two actors/singers have been gaga for each other (terrible pun, sorry) for a long time. Katherine J. Igoe, Marie Claire, 27 Feb. 2019 Juul, a startup that makes e-cigarettes that teenagers are gaga for, is raising $1.2 billion in a round that would value the company at $15 billion — on par with companies like Lyft or Snap. Recode Staff, Recode, 10 July 2018 Turns out, the two actors/singers have been gaga for each other (terrible pun, sorry) for a long time. Katherine J. Igoe, Marie Claire, 27 Feb. 2019 Juul, a startup that makes e-cigarettes that teenagers are gaga for, is raising $1.2 billion in a round that would value the company at $15 billion — on par with companies like Lyft or Snap. Recode Staff, Recode, 10 July 2018 For the past several years, restaurant chefs have been gaga for sous-vide cooking, but the contraptions required seemed too scientific for home cooks. Liz Biro, Indianapolis Star, 28 Aug. 2017 And in true Gaga fashion, there were a few wigs — and some dramatic eye shadow looks — involved as well. Jillian Ruffo, PEOPLE.com, 4 Aug. 2017 See More
Michael Owen, The Atlantic, 29 May 2020 Turns out, the two actors/singers have been gaga for each other (terrible pun, sorry) for a long time. Katherine J. Igoe, Marie Claire, 27 Feb. 2019 Juul, a startup that makes e-cigarettes that teenagers are gaga for, is raising $1.2 billion in a round that would value the company at $15 billion — on par with companies like Lyft or Snap. Recode Staff, Recode, 10 July 2018 Turns out, the two actors/singers have been gaga for each other (terrible pun, sorry) for a long time. Katherine J. Igoe, Marie Claire, 27 Feb. 2019 Juul, a startup that makes e-cigarettes that teenagers are gaga for, is raising $1.2 billion in a round that would value the company at $15 billion — on par with companies like Lyft or Snap. Recode Staff, Recode, 10 July 2018 For the past several years, restaurant chefs have been gaga for sous-vide cooking, but the contraptions required seemed too scientific for home cooks. Liz Biro, Indianapolis Star, 28 Aug. 2017 And in true Gaga fashion, there were a few wigs — and some dramatic eye shadow looks — involved as well. Jillian Ruffo, PEOPLE.com, 4 Aug. 2017 See More Word History
Etymology
borrowed from French, derivative of gaga "fool," of imitative origin
First Known Use
1917, in the meaning defined at sense 1
gaga
adjective
as in mad
having or showing a very abnormal or sick state of mind after years of being alone in that remote outpost he had become totally gaga Synonyms & Similar Words
Relevance
- mad
- nuts
- psychotic
- lunatic
- insane
- crazy
- maniac
- psycho
- maniacal
- mental
- paranoid
- cuckoo
- bonkers
- crazed
- batty
- daffy
- disturbed
- wacko
- around the bend
- moonstruck
- obsessed
- haywire
- ballistic
- demented
- deranged
- loco
- bats
- loony
- daft
- unhinged
- bedlam
- crackers
- cracked
- paranoidal
- meshuga
- certifiable
- whacko
- looney
- depressed
- nutty
- meshuggah
- strange
- meshugah
- brainsick
- kookie
- kooky
- wacky
- irrational
- screwy
- barmy
- crackbrained
- whacky
- unbalanced
- crackpot
- bughouse
- foolish
- meshugge
- eccentric
- scatty
- touched
- wud
- loony tunes
- fey
- non compos mentis
- off one's gourd
- distracted
- looney tunes
- out to lunch
- fruity
- off
- off one's rocker
- out of one's mind
- off one's head
- cranky
- distraught
- berserk
- loopy
- dotty
- unreasonable
- odd
- out of one's head
- queer
- schizoid
- frantic
- delusional
- nuclear
- bananas
- hysteric
- hysterical
- neurotic
- unsound
- delirious
- schizophrenic
- potty
- ape
- tetched
- raving
- delusionary
- balmy
- paranoiac
- sociopathic
- disordered
- paranoic
- aberrant
- oddball
- witless
- pixilated
- fixated
- teched
- monomaniac
- amok
- monomaniacal
- pixillated
- frenzied
- obsessive-compulsive
- amuck
- wigged-out
- senseless
Antonyms & Near Antonyms
- compos mentis
- sane
- sound
- uncrazy
- balanced
- wise
- normal
- reasonable
- clear
- rational
- lucid
- sensible
- judicious
- healthy
- unneurotic
- well-adjusted