zany
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
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- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
a buffoon in one of the old comedies; imitates others for ludicrous effect
Types & categories
- merry andrew hypernym
Related & opposite
- buffoonish derivation
- zany derivation
Sense 2 adjective
ludicrous, foolish
gave me a cockamamie reason for not going
Related & opposite
- silliness derivation
- merry andrew derivation
- cuckoo derivation
- zany derivation
- colloquialism domain usage
- foolish similar to
Sense 3 noun
a man who is a stupid incompetent fool
Types & categories
- fool hypernym
Related & opposite
- blunder derivation
- dopy derivation
- buffoonish derivation
- zany derivation
Sense 4 adjective
like a clown
a buffoonish walk
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| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | buffoonish |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | zany |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | merry andrew |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | silliness |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | merry andrew |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | cuckoo |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | zany |
| 2 | domain usage | Related & opposite | colloquialism |
| 2 | similar to | Related & opposite | foolish |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | blunder |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | dopy |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | buffoonish |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | zany |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | fool |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | cuckoo |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | zany |
| 4 | similar to | Related & opposite | humorous |