ZANY meaning: Amusingly unconventional and wildly eccentric

We found 31 dictionaries that define the word zany:

General (27 matching dictionaries)

zany: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
zany: Merriam-Webster
zany, zany: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
zany: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
zany: Collins English Dictionary
zany: Vocabulary.com
Zany, zany: Wordnik
zany: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
zany: Wiktionary
zany: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
zany: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
zany: Infoplease Dictionary
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zany (n.): Online Etymology Dictionary
zany: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
Zany: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
zany: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
zany: Rhymezone
zany: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
zany: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
zany: FreeDictionary.org
zany: Mnemonic Dictionary
zany: TheFreeDictionary.com
Zany: World Wide Words
Zany: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable (1898)

Art (1 matching dictionary)

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Computing (1 matching dictionary)

zany: Encyclopedia

Miscellaneous (1 matching dictionary)

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Slang (1 matching dictionary)

zany: Urban Dictionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (

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▸ adjective:  Unusual and awkward in a funny, comical manner; outlandish; clownish.
▸ adjective:  Ludicrously or incongruously comical.
▸ noun:  (obsolete) A fool or clown, especially one whose business on the stage is to imitate foolishly the actions of the principal clown.
▸ verb:  (obsolete) To mimic foolishly.

Similar:

silly, wacky, goofy, humorous, foolish, clownish, buffoonish, cockamamy, humourous, sappy, more...

Opposite:

serious, earnest, sober, somber, grave, dour, staid, reserved, stolid, placid

Types:

wacky, more...

Phrases:

Bob Zany, zany detective, more...

Adjectives:

little, poor, more, such, old, faithful, modern, young, low, selfish, dear

Colors:

neon green, electric blue, hot pink, lime green, bright yellow, more...