Standard Lemma guide

nuts

adj · intj · noun · verb · 11 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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  • /nʌts/
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  • rhymes with -ʌts
  • CMU ARPABET: N AH1 T S Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

adj

Meaning 1

Insane, mad.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: colloquial

Examples

  • After living on the island alone for five years, he eventually went nuts.
  • Are you nuts?
  • Seriously? This is nuts!

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

adj

Meaning 2

Crazy, mad; unusually pleased or, alternatively, angered.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: colloquial

Examples

  • I just go nuts over her fantastic desserts.
  • The referee made a bad call against the home team and the crowd went nuts.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

adj

Meaning 3

Very fond of (on) someone.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: colloquial

Examples

  • He's been nuts on her since the day they met.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

4

intj

Meaning 4

Indicates annoyance, anger, or disappointment.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

  • Nuts! They didn't even listen to what I had to say.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

5

intj

Meaning 5

Signifies rejection of a proposal or idea, as in forget it, no way, or nothing doing; often followed by to.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

  • They want me to pay $5 for a banana? Nuts to that!

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

6

noun

Meaning 6

plural of nut

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: form-of, plural

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

7

noun

Meaning 7

The testicles.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: plural, plural-only, slang

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

8

noun

Meaning 8

An unbeatable hand; the best poker hand available.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: plural, plural-only

Topics: card-games, poker

Examples

  • If the board is 237QA, all of spades, the nuts is 45 of spades.
  • If the board is 4444J, the nuts is any hand with an ace.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

9

noun

Meaning 9

initialism of Nomenclature des unités territoriales statistiques: (Nomenclature of Territorial Units for Statistics or Nomenclature of Units for Territorial Statistics - an EU classification system of geographical administrative areas for statistical purposes).

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism, uncountable

Topics: geography, natural-sciences

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

10

verb

Meaning 10

third-person singular simple present indicative of nut

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

11

adjective satellite

Meaning 11

informal or slang terms for mentally irregular

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • it used to drive my husband balmy

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: balmy, barmy, bats, batty, bonkers, buggy, cracked, crackers, daft, dotty, fruity, haywire, kooky, kookie, loco, loony, loopy, nutty, round the bend, around the bend, wacky, whacky

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

No etymology was provided for this word.

Across languages

Translations

27 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Catalan: boig — insane
  • Dutch: gek — insane
  • French: cinglé — insane
  • French: dingue — insane
  • Galician: tolo — insane
  • German: verrückt — insane
  • German: irre — insane
  • Greek: τρελός (trelós) — insane
  • Italian: pazzo — insane
  • Macedonian: чукнат (čuknat) — insane
  • Macedonian: штракнат (štraknat) — insane
  • Macedonian: одлепен (odlepen) — insane
  • Spanish: loco — insane
  • Spanish: zumbado — insane
  • Spanish: sonado — insane
  • Spanish: tocado — insane
  • Spanish: tocado del ala — insane
  • Spanish: majareta — insane
  • Spanish: chaveta — insane
  • Spanish: tarambana — insane
  • Swedish: knäpp — insane
  • German: verrückt — crazy, pleased
  • German: scharf — crazy, pleased
  • Galician: tolo — angered
  • German: wild — angered
  • Galician: toliño — very fond
  • German: verrückt — very fond