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maniac
Maniac (noun) means someone who is mentally unstable, especially a person suffering from a mania.
noun
1
Someone who is mentally unstable, especially a person suffering from a mania.
"“It gives me the dithers, thinking of the damage that maniac could do if he ever took the headship. He could reinstate the cycle of chosen births, or enact any of a hundred other terrible laws.”"
— J. C. Staudt, Children of the Wastes (2017)
"She was driving like a maniac."
2
A person who is extremely enthusiastic about something, to an obsessive degree.
3
Short for sex maniac.
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Rhymes for maniac
zodiac
cardiac
Pontiac
amnesiac
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insomniac
egomaniac
pyromaniac
aphrodisiac
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megalomaniac
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Frequently asked questions
What is the meaning of maniac?
"maniac" (noun) means someone who is mentally unstable, especially a person suffering from a mania.
What is another word for maniac?
Other words for "maniac" include lunatic.
What are the different meanings of maniac?
"maniac" has 3 main meanings: 1. Someone who is mentally unstable, especially a person suffering from a mania; 2. A person who is extremely enthusiastic about something, to an obsessive degree; 3. Short for sex maniac.
