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lunacy
Overview of noun lunacy
The noun lunacy has 2 senses (no senses from tagged texts)
1. lunacy, madness, insaneness -- (obsolete terms for legal insanity)
2. folly, foolery, tomfoolery, craziness, lunacy, indulgence -- (foolish or senseless behavior)
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun lunacy
2 senses of lunacy
Sense 1
lunacy, madness, insaneness
=> insanity
=> mental illness, mental disease, psychopathy
=> psychological state, mental state
=> condition, status
=> state
=> attribute
=> abstraction
=> abstract entity
=> entity
Sense 2
folly, foolery, tomfoolery, craziness, lunacy, indulgence
=> play, frolic, romp, gambol, caper
=> diversion, recreation
=> activity
=> act, human action, human activity
=> event
=> psychological feature
=> abstraction
=> abstract entity
=> entity
Hyponyms of noun lunacy
1 of 2 senses of lunacy
Sense 2
folly, foolery, tomfoolery, craziness, lunacy, indulgence
=> meshugaas, mishegaas, mishegoss
=> buffoonery, clowning, japery, frivolity, harlequinade, prank
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun lunacy
2 senses of lunacy
Sense 1
lunacy, madness, insaneness
=> insanity
Sense 2
folly, foolery, tomfoolery, craziness, lunacy, indulgence
=> play, frolic, romp, gambol, caper
Antonyms of noun lunacy
Member Holonyms of noun lunacy
Substance Holonyms of noun lunacy
Part Holonyms of noun lunacy
Member Meronyms of noun lunacy
Substance Meronyms of noun lunacy
Part Meronyms of noun lunacy
Meronyms of noun lunacy
Holonyms of noun lunacy
Attributes of noun lunacy
Derived Forms of noun lunacy
2 senses of lunacy
Sense 1
lunacy, madness, insaneness
RELATED TO>(adj) lunatic#1
=> lunatic, moonstruck
Sense 2
folly, foolery, tomfoolery, craziness, lunacy, indulgence
RELATED TO>(adj) lunatic#1
=> lunatic, moonstruck
Domain of noun lunacy
Domain Terms of noun lunacy
Familiarity of noun lunacy
lunacy used as a noun is rare (polysemy count =2)
Coordinate Terms (sisters) of noun lunacy
2 senses of lunacy
Sense 1
lunacy, madness, insaneness
> insanity
=> lunacy, madness, insaneness
=> dementia, dementedness
=> irrationality, unreason
=> derangement, mental unsoundness, unbalance
=> craziness, daftness, flakiness
Sense 2
folly, foolery, tomfoolery, craziness, lunacy, indulgence
> play, frolic, romp, gambol, caper
=> flirt, flirting, flirtation, coquetry, dalliance, toying
=> folly, foolery, tomfoolery, craziness, lunacy, indulgence
=> game
=> horseplay
=> teasing
=> word play
Meronyms of noun lunacy
2 senses of lunacy
Holonyms of noun lunacy
Grep of noun lunacy
lunacy
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