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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | a device for revolving a shaft |
| Synonyms: | arm, handle, lever, turning device |
| Main Entry: | crank |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | an ill-natured person |
| Synonyms: | complainer, curmudgeon, grouch, misanthrope |
| Main Entry: | amphetamine |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | hard drug |
| Synonyms: | STP, analeptic, benny, crank, crystal, dexy, pep pill, speed*, stimulant, tab, upper |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | character |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | odd person |
| Synonyms: | card*, case*, clown, crank, customer*, duck*, eccentric, figure, freak, nut, oddball, oddity, original*, personage, personality, queer, spook, wack, weirdo, zombie |
| Notes: | character is what one is; reputation is what one is thought to be by others |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | fanatic |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | person overenthusiastic about an interest |
| Synonyms: | activist, addict, bigot, bug*, crank, crazy, demon, devotee, enthusiast, extremist, fiend*, fool, freak, maniac, militant, monomaniac, nut*, radical, ultraist, visionary, zealot |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | grouch |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | person who complains a lot |
| Synonyms: | bear*, bellyacher, bug*, crab, crank, crosspatch, curmudgeon, faultfinder, griper, grouser, growler, grumbler, grump, kicker, malcontent, moaner, sorehead, sourpuss, whiner |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | handle |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | something to grip |
| Synonyms: | arm, bail, crank, ear, grasp, haft, handgrip, helve, hilt, hold, holder, knob, shaft, stem, stock, tiller |
| Main Entry: | kook |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | eccentric person |
| Synonyms: | crackpot, crank, crazy*, dingbat, flake, fruitcake, lamebrain, lunatic, nut, screwball, wacko, weirdo |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | lunatic |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | person who is crazy, mad |
| Synonyms: | crackpot, crank, cuckoo, demoniac, flake, fruitcake, kook, lamebrain, loon, maniac, neurotic, nut*, paranoid, psycho, psychopath, psychotic, scatterbrain, schizophrenic, sociopathic |
| Antonyms: | sane |
* = informal/non-formal usage
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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