crackpot

Meaning

Noun

1. (informal) An eccentric, crazy or foolish person.
2. (informal) Someone addicted to crack cocaine (i.e. a drug addict).

Adj

Eccentric or impractical.

Synonyms

nut

screwball

crank

cranky

fruitcake

nut case

crazy

eccentric

devious

dotty

erratic

flighty

fogey

fogy

freak

askew

mad

notional

nutty

oblique

pixilated

rakish

sidelong

skew

slant

slanting

transverse

wacky

weirdie

weirdo

wry

aberrational

kinky

awry

barmy

batty

bizarre

cockeyed

daft

daredevil

Translations

chiflado

folle

akılsız

excentrique

deli

εκκεντρικός

schrundenartig

angebrochen

écrou

cinglé

Verrückte

fou

loufoque

tordu

παλαβός

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈkɹæk.pɒt/

Etymology

Mostly likely a back-etymology of pot, to form crack + pot. Originally, from crack + pate.