He had a crackpot scheme to move Britain to the Caribbean to improve the cold winters. This word can also be used as an adjective to mean crazy, but when it’s an adjective we use it with words like “plan,” “idea” and “scheme.” He’s going to go nuts when he sees what you’ve done to his car. We can use all four of these words to mean “angry.” Make sure to use the verb “go” if you want to describe the action: Other ways to use these words Crazy, bonkers, nuts and mad It depends on how you say it and sometimes who you’re saying it to. That’s why we can use these words both positively or negatively. Sometimes too much of Archie can be a bad thing. But he can just take things too far and upset or even frighten some of your calmer friends. Your more conservative friends don’t like him, but he makes your life a bit more exciting and without him you would never have gone hitchhiking with those very strange people who didn’t smile, or gone skinny dipping (swimming without clothes) in the lake at midnight.īut sometimes Archie is too much and can be really annoying.Īgain there’s nothing wrong with him. When you hang out with Archie, you do things that you wouldn’t normally have the courage to do by yourself. Sometimes Archie is great fun to be with. She likes life and likes making herself and other people laugh. Sometimes you go to meet her in the pub, and she’s decided to wear a gorilla costume. She says strange things that somehow make you laugh. But it’s also useful to know some different words for “crazy.” Here are some other words for “crazy,” ranked from informal to formal and fun to serious.