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madman

noun · 4 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

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Pronunciation

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  • UK: /ˈmædmən/
  • US: /ˈmædˌmæn/
  • US: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • CMU ARPABET: M AE1 D M AE2 N Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

noun

Meaning 1

A man who is insane or mentally disturbed.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

A person who makes risky and questionable decisions.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

noun

Meaning 3

A daredevil.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

4

noun

Meaning 4

an insane person

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: lunatic, maniac

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: sick person, diseased person, sufferer

Narrower terms: crazy, loony, looney, nutcase, weirdo, bedlamite, pyromaniac, madwoman

History

Etymology

Etymology tree English mad Proto-Indo-European *mon- Proto-Germanic *mann- Proto-West Germanic *mann Old English mann Middle English man Middle English -man English -man English madman From mad + -man.

Across languages

Translations

130 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Albanian: i çmendur — an insane man
  • Arabic: مَعْتُوه (maʕtūh) — an insane man
  • Arabic: مَجْنُون (majnūn) — an insane man
  • Arabic: مُخَبَّل (muḵabbal) — an insane man
  • Arabic: مَهْوُوس (mahwūs) — an insane man
  • Arabic: مَمْسُوس (mamsūs) — an insane man
  • Armenian: խելագար (xelagar) — an insane man
  • Armenian: խենթ (xentʻ) — an insane man
  • Azerbaijani: dıvanə — an insane man
  • Azerbaijani: dəli — an insane man
  • Bashkir: иҫәр (iśər) — an insane man
  • Bashkir: диуана (diwana) — an insane man
  • Bashkir: алйот (alyot) — an insane man
  • Bashkir: тиле (tile) — an insane man
  • Bashkir: йүләр (yülər) — an insane man
  • Bashkir: тинтәк (tintək) — an insane man
  • Bashkir: һантый (hantıy) — an insane man
  • Belarusian: шале́нец (šaljénjec) — an insane man
  • Belarusian: вар'я́т (varʺját) — an insane man
  • Belarusian: бязу́мец (bjazúmjec) — an insane man
  • Bengali: পাগল (pagol) — an insane man
  • Bulgarian: луд (lud) — an insane man
  • Bulgarian: побъ́ркан (pobǎ́rkan) — an insane man
  • Catalan: boig — an insane man
  • Chinese Mandarin: 瘋子 /疯子 (fēngzi) — an insane man
  • Chinese Mandarin: 狂人 (kuángrén) — an insane man
  • Chinese Mandarin: 瘋人 /疯人 (fēngrén) — an insane man
  • Czech: šílenec — an insane man
  • Czech: blázen — an insane man
  • Danish: galning — an insane man
  • Dutch: dolleman — an insane man
  • Dutch: gek — an insane man
  • Dutch: krankzinnig — an insane man
  • Dutch: waanzinnig — an insane man
  • Esperanto: frenezulo — an insane man
  • Estonian: hullumeelne — an insane man
  • Estonian: hull — an insane man
  • Finnish: hullu — an insane man
  • Finnish: kuuhullu — an insane man
  • Finnish: mielipuoli — an insane man
  • French: fou — an insane man
  • French: insensé — an insane man
  • Galician: tolo — an insane man
  • Galician: louco — an insane man
  • Georgian: შეშლილი (šešlili) — an insane man
  • German: Irrer — an insane man
  • German: Wahnsinniger — an insane man
  • German: Verrückter — an insane man
  • Greek: τρελός (trelós) — an insane man
  • Hindi: दीवाना (dīvānā) — an insane man
  • Hindi: पागल (pāgal) — an insane man
  • Hindi: पगला (paglā) — an insane man
  • Hungarian: bolond — an insane man
  • Hungarian: őrült — an insane man
  • Icelandic: brjálæðingur — an insane man
  • Irish: fear mire — an insane man
  • Italian: matto — an insane man
  • Italian: pazzo — an insane man
  • Japanese: 狂人 (kyōjin) — an insane man
  • Japanese: 気違い (kichigai) — an insane man
  • Kazakh: жынды (jyndy) — an insane man
  • Kikuyu: mũgũrũki — an insane man
  • Kongo: kilawu — an insane man
  • Korean: 광인 (gwang'in) — an insane man
  • Korean: 미치광이 (michigwang'i) — an insane man
  • Kyrgyz: жинди (jindi) — an insane man
  • Latin: homo furiōsus — an insane man
  • Latin: dēmēns — an insane man
  • Latvian: ārprātīgais — an insane man
  • Latvian: neprātis — an insane man
  • Lithuanian: beprotis — an insane man
  • Macedonian: луд (lud) — an insane man
  • Macedonian: лудак (ludak) — an insane man
  • Māori: ō — an insane man
  • Mauritian Creole: fou — an insane man
  • Nandi: kipiyuo — an insane man
  • Norman: fo — an insane man
  • Norwegian Bokmål: galning — an insane man
  • Iranian Persian: دیوانِه (divâne) — an insane man
  • Polish: szaleniec — an insane man
  • Polish: psychol — an insane man
  • Polish: świr — an insane man
  • Polish: szajbus — an insane man
  • Polish: świrus — an insane man
  • Polish: obłąkaniec — an insane man
  • Polish: pomyleniec — an insane man
  • Polish: popierdoleniec — an insane man
  • Polish: czubek — an insane man
  • Polish: oszołom — an insane man
  • Polish: pojebaniec — an insane man
  • Polish: wariat — an insane man
  • Portuguese: doido — an insane man
  • Portuguese: louco — an insane man
  • Portuguese: maluco — an insane man
  • Romanian: nebun — an insane man
  • Russian: безу́мец (bezúmec) — an insane man
  • Russian: сумасше́дший (sumasšédšij) — an insane man
  • Russian: чо́кнутый (čóknutyj) — an insane man
  • Serbo-Croatian: лу̀да̄к — an insane man
  • Serbo-Croatian: бѐзӯмнӣ — an insane man
  • Serbo-Croatian: lùdāk — an insane man
  • Serbo-Croatian: bèzūmnīk — an insane man
  • Slovak: šialenec — an insane man
  • Slovak: blázon — an insane man
  • Slovene: norec — an insane man
  • Slovene: blaznež — an insane man
  • Spanish: loco — an insane man
  • Spanish: trastronado — an insane man
  • Sranan Tongo: lawman — an insane man
  • Swahili: chizi — an insane man
  • Swedish: dåre — an insane man
  • Swedish: galning — an insane man
  • Tajik: девона (devona) — an insane man
  • Tajik: ҷиннӣ (jinni) — an insane man
  • Tamil: கிறுக்கு (kiṟukku) — an insane man
  • Tamil: பைத்தியம் (paittiyam) — an insane man
  • Tamil: லூசு (lūcu) — an insane man
  • Turkish: hasta — an insane man
  • Turkish: deli — an insane man
  • Ottoman Turkish: دلی (deli) — an insane man
  • Ukrainian: варія́т (variját) — an insane man
  • Ukrainian: безу́мець (bezúmecʹ) — an insane man
  • Ukrainian: божеві́льний (boževílʹnyj) — an insane man
  • Ukrainian: шале́нець (šalénecʹ) — an insane man
  • Ukrainian: божеві́лець (boževílecʹ) — an insane man
  • Urdu: دِیوانَہ (dīvāna) — an insane man
  • Urdu: پاگَل (pāgal) — an insane man
  • Urdu: پَگْلا (paglā) — an insane man
  • Uzbek: jinni — an insane man
  • Uzbek: telba — an insane man
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