Deviant
Lunatic
Lunatic noun - A person judged to be legally or medically insane.
Usage example: the lunatic was committed to an institution after running naked through the department store
Deviant and lunatic are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Deviant" instead the word "Lunatic" as an adjective or a noun.
How words are described
| total | total deviant | total lunatic |
| violent | violent deviant | violent lunatic |
| dangerous | dangerous deviant | dangerous lunatic |
| insane | insane deviant | insane lunatic |
| Other adjectives: psychotic, sociopathic, delusional. | ||
Cite this Source
Lunatic and Deviant. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 15, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/deviant/lunatic
Deviant & Lunatic. N.p., 2016. Web. 15 Aug. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/deviant/lunatic>.
Lunatic or Deviant. 2016. Accessed August 15, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/deviant/lunatic.
Google Ngram Viewer shows how "deviant" and "lunatic" have occurred on timeline