bananas

adjective

Definition of bananasnext
as in nuts
informal lacking sanity; a state or condition of mental unsoundness If you ask me, that guy is bananas. All the noise drove me bananas.

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for bananas
  1. nuts
  2. mad
  3. insane
  4. ballistic
Adjective
  • But, spending a bunch of money on decorations for your son's dorm room, if that's happening, is nuts.
    — Joe Kinsey OutKick, FOXNews.com, 4 Aug. 2026
  • Fans went nuts as Aldis pulled Gunther to the middle of the ring.
    — Alfred Konuwa, Forbes.com, 1 Aug. 2026
Definition of nuts
Adjective
  • But throughout that, and much more important than the rivalry and being mad at each other or whatever, is just this absolute unending love.
    — Yvonne Villarreal, Los Angeles Times, 28 Aug. 2026
  • What mad honey does to the human body When a human eats more than about a teaspoon of this honey, the toxin interferes with how the heart muscle generates its electrical signals.
    — Prayan Pokharel, The Conversation, 27 Aug. 2026
Definition of mad
Adjective
  • Darby hit an insane Coffin Drop from a lighting rig, through the stage on Knight.
    — Alfred Konuwa, Forbes.com, 30 Aug. 2026
  • That base price of about $5,000 may sound insane to the average person but likely won’t hurt the pockets of the average Lamborghini customer.
    — Keenan Thompson, Freep.com, 27 Aug. 2026
Definition of insane
Adjective
  • At this speed, the Fermi Explorer could reach Alpha Centauri within about 77,000 years, flying on a ballistic coast.
    — Eric Berger, ArsTechnica, 1 Sep. 2026
  • As night falls, Koko busts out a military ballistic helmet with a night vision scope attached — crucial for picking up Flock cameras’ infrared flash.
    — Jack Crosbie, Rolling Stone, 31 Aug. 2026
Definition of ballistic
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“Bananas.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bananas. Accessed 5 Sep. 2026.

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