psychotic
adjective
psy·chot·ic sī-ˈkä-tik 
1
medical : of, relating to, marked by, or affected with psychosis
a psychotic patient
psychotic behavior
2
sometimes offensive : exhibiting or suggestive of mental or emotional unsoundness or instability —not used technically
Note: The nontechnical use of psychotic is increasingly viewed as a trivialization of mental illness.
psychotic noun
plural psychotics
psychotically
sī-ˈkä-ti-k(ə-)lē
adverb 
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]
- gaga
- 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
- scatty [chiefly British]
- screwy
- unbalanced
- unhinged
- unsound
- wacko
- whacko
- wacky
- whacky
- wud [chiefly Scottish]
See all Synonyms & Antonyms 
Example Sentences
He was diagnosed as psychotic. a psychotic patient who was recently admitted
Recent Examples on the Web Carusillo had wanted to stay, but his discharge led to a psychotic episode and, ultimately, his death, his family said. 
Alexis Stevens, ajc, 7 Sep. 2022 But his life took a darker turn after his psychotic episode in Utrecht. Renee Dudley, ProPublica, 7 Sep. 2022 Stevens had resumed taking anti-psychotic medications shortly before his death. Julie Seabaugh, Los Angeles Times, 5 Aug. 2022 That interview shows a woman in the throes of a psychotic episode. New York Times, 5 Aug. 2022 Wilson, who is eighty, suffered a psychotic break in the mid-nineteen-sixties, which may have been exacerbated by drug use, and which left him increasingly eccentric and reclusive. Amanda Petrusich, The New Yorker, 31 July 2022 Late last year, Merryman had sharply reduced his dosage of Cymbalta, an antidepressant, which could have caused his psychotic break, Koshes reported. Paul Duggan, Washington Post, 1 July 2022 Haviland had his glasses broken by a man who appeared to be psychotic. Julia O'malley, Anchorage Daily News, 11 July 2022 Shops and restaurants deal with another reality, as people having psychotic episodes or on drugs sometimes disrupt their businesses. Gary Warth, San Diego Union-Tribune, 19 June 2022 See More
Alexis Stevens, ajc, 7 Sep. 2022 But his life took a darker turn after his psychotic episode in Utrecht. Renee Dudley, ProPublica, 7 Sep. 2022 Stevens had resumed taking anti-psychotic medications shortly before his death. Julie Seabaugh, Los Angeles Times, 5 Aug. 2022 That interview shows a woman in the throes of a psychotic episode. New York Times, 5 Aug. 2022 Wilson, who is eighty, suffered a psychotic break in the mid-nineteen-sixties, which may have been exacerbated by drug use, and which left him increasingly eccentric and reclusive. Amanda Petrusich, The New Yorker, 31 July 2022 Late last year, Merryman had sharply reduced his dosage of Cymbalta, an antidepressant, which could have caused his psychotic break, Koshes reported. Paul Duggan, Washington Post, 1 July 2022 Haviland had his glasses broken by a man who appeared to be psychotic. Julia O'malley, Anchorage Daily News, 11 July 2022 Shops and restaurants deal with another reality, as people having psychotic episodes or on drugs sometimes disrupt their businesses. Gary Warth, San Diego Union-Tribune, 19 June 2022 See More Word History
First Known Use
circa 1890, in the meaning defined at sense 1
Medical Definition
psychotic 1 of 2
adjective
psy·chot·ic sī-ˈkät-ik
: of, relating to, marked by, or affected with psychosis
psychotic
2 of 2noun
: a psychotic individual
psychotic
adjective
as in lunatic
having or showing a very abnormal or sick state of mind the identity of the psychotic criminal remains a puzzle Synonyms & Similar Words
Relevance
- lunatic
- insane
- mad
- nuts
- maniacal
- maniac
- mental
- psycho
- crazy
- paranoid
- gaga
- crazed
- demented
- deranged
- disturbed
- unhinged
- wacko
- loony
- irrational
- bonkers
- cuckoo
- nutty
- certifiable
- eccentric
- ballistic
- batty
- strange
- unbalanced
- looney
- crackpot
- paranoidal
- cracked
- bedlam
- daffy
- moonstruck
- haywire
- depressed
- kooky
- wacky
- whacko
- daft
- bats
- barmy
- schizophrenic
- screwy
- whacky
- scatty
- crackers
- bughouse
- around the bend
- loco
- obsessed
- neurotic
- sociopathic
- brainsick
- kookie
- foolish
- schizoid
- meshuga
- odd
- fruity
- unreasonable
- fey
- loony tunes
- meshuggah
- unsound
- distraught
- delusional
- paranoiac
- crackbrained
- meshugah
- cranky
- hysterical
- looney tunes
- delusionary
- meshugge
- queer
- distracted
- loopy
- frantic
- disordered
- delirious
- hysteric
- out to lunch
- balmy
- off
- non compos mentis
- out of one's mind
- nuclear
- aberrant
- wud
- oddball
- dotty
- off one's rocker
- off one's gourd
- touched
- paranoic
- off one's head
- out of one's head
- berserk
- obsessive-compulsive
- raving
- pixilated
- witless
- tetched
- bananas
- monomaniacal
- ape
- monomaniac
- potty
- pixillated
- amok
- fixated
- frenzied
- senseless
- teched
- wigged-out
- amuck
Antonyms & Near Antonyms
- sane
- rational
- sound
- balanced
- reasonable
- lucid
- normal
- compos mentis
- clear
- uncrazy
- sensible
- judicious
- healthy
- wise
- well-adjusted
- unneurotic