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
  • No, per the official underneath that goalpost — meaning Virginia Tech lost to Pitt 35-33 even though practically everyone at Lane Stadium was going nuts thinking the Hokies had won it as time expired.
    — Matt Piper, New York Times, 3 Oct. 2026
  • The fact anyone tries to use John Brown to take the moral high ground is nuts.
    — Pete Grathoff, Kansas City Star, 8 Sep. 2026
Definition of nuts
Adjective
  • These three are just the latest in a mad rush for capital that has been putting a strain on the AI trade.
    — Zev Fima, CNBC, 26 Oct. 2026
  • Both about power-mad blondes getting involved with the shadier side of the medical industrial complex, but Matt Hagen’s nanites worked, dammit!
    — Bethy Squires, Vulture, 25 Oct. 2026
Definition of mad
Adjective
  • Many have told me that Veronica Beard has copied more small brands, this is insane.
    — Lisa Lockwood, Footwear News, 19 Oct. 2026
  • Has everyone made it through an insane weekend of college football with their sanity intact?
    — Adam Lichtenstein, Sun Sentinel, 18 Oct. 2026
Definition of insane
Adjective
  • Zelensky said earlier this week that on multiple occasions Ukraine had received no US intelligence warnings of ballistic strikes.
    — Lauren Kent, CNN Money, 24 Oct. 2026
  • Ukraine's air force said Russia used a mixture of ballistic and cruise missiles in its overnight attacks, none of which were intercepted.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 22 Oct. 2026
Definition of ballistic
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“Bananas.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bananas. Accessed 28 Oct. 2026.

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