Synonyms for madcaps
| Grammar : Noun |
| Spell : mad-kap |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈmædˌkæp |
Top 10 synonyms for madcaps Other synonyms for the word madcaps
- a million laughs
- banterer
- biddy
- bitch
- buffoon
- calumniator
- card
- carper
- charlatan
- comedian
- comic
- cut-up
- cutup
- daredevil
- detractor
- dolt
- dragon
- droll
- entrepreneur
- epigrammatist
- explorer
- farceur
- fire-eater
- fishwife
- fool
- fortune-hunter
- funny person
- funnyperson
- funster
- fury
- gag person
- gagman
- gagster
- gambler
- globetrotter
- harlequin
- harpy
- harridan
- hell cat
- hellion
- hero
- heroine
- hotdog
- humorist
- hussy
- idiot
- japer
- jester
- joker
- jokesmith
- kibitzer
- kidder
- larker
- life of the party
- madcap
- mercenary
- merry-andrew
- merrymaker
- moron
- mountebank
- muckraker
- mummer
- nag
- nut
- ogress
- old biddy
- opportunist
- pantaloon
- picador
- pierrot
- pioneer
- pirate
- porcupine
- practical joker
- prankster
- punch
- punchinello
- punster
- quipster
- reviler
- ribald
- risk-taker
- romantic
- scold
- screwball
- she-devil
- she-wolf
- show-off
- simpleton
- siren
- speculator
- spitfire
- standup comic
- stunt person
- stuntperson
- stuntwoman
- swashbuckler
- termagant
- tigress
- traveler
- trickster
- venturer
- virago
- vituperator
- vixen
- voyager
- wag
- wanderer
- wench
- wisecracker
- wit
- zany
Définition of madcaps
Origin :- 1580s, noun and adjective, from mad (adj.) + cap, used here figuratively for "head." Related: Madcappery.
- As in jester : noun person who jokes, plays jokes
- As in wag : noun person who is very funny
- As in wit : noun person who is very funny
- As in zany : noun person who is wildly funny
- As in shrew : noun mean lady
- As in clown : noun joking person
- As in venturer : noun adventurer
- As in adventurer : noun person who takes risks
- As in daredevil : noun thrill-seeker
- We six madcaps got in the carriage and buggy, and rode off in search of news.
- Extract from : « A Confederate Girl's Diary » by Sarah Margan Dawson
- Mrs. Culling he thanked fervently for a wonderful stretch of generosity in lending her presence to the madcaps.
- Extract from : « Beauchamp's Career, Complete » by George Meredith
- The time will come when we, madcaps as we are, shall be pointed out as models of propriety for our juniors.
- Extract from : « The Catholic World, Vol. X, October 1869 » by Various
- We used to meet every day in London, when she and my sister were two madcaps together, playing endless wild pranks.
- Extract from : « Heartsease » by Charlotte M. Yonge
- And you meanwhile prefer the drollery of these madcaps to the attentions of our courtiers?
- Extract from : « Under the Rose » by Frederic Stewart Isham
- His greatest moment had come years before when his golden pen had glorified a generation of madcaps.
- Extract from : « The Man from Time » by Frank Belknap Long
- He was one of the madcaps of the village now, but it was not long since he had been a solitary child, moping apart from the rest.
- Extract from : « The Great Hunger » by Johan Bojer
Antonyms for madcaps
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