Maniac

Noun

 * 1) An insane person, especially one who suffers from a mania.
 * 2) A fanatic, a person with an obsession.

Adjectives for Maniac
religious; raving; fettered; gesticulating; fugitive.

Verbs for Maniac
arouse—; chain—; confine—; enchain—; fetter—; harness—; imprison—; incarcerate —; isolate—; liberate—; overpower—; restrain—; shackle—; subdue—; —flames; — foams; —fumes; —howls; —leers; —rages; —rambles; —raves; —scowls.

Thesaurus
aliene, batty, bedlamite, berserk, borderline case, crackbrain, cracked, crackpot, crazed, crazy, delirious, dement, demented, demoniac, deranged, energumen, enthusiast, fan, fanatic, fiend, flake, fou, frantic, freak, frenetic, frenzied, furious, idiot, kook, loon, loony, lunatic, mad, madman, meshuggenah, non compos, noncompos, nut, phrenetic, psychopath, psychotic, rabid, raging, ranting, raving lunatic, screwball, unsound, violent, weirdo, wild, zealot

Pronunciation

 * , {{SAMPA|/"meIni%{k/}}

Etymology
maniacus:, from μανιακός:, adjectival form of μανία:.

Translations

 * Armenian: մոլագար,
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: 瘋子, 疯子, 狂人
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * Greek:


 * Hebrew:, מניאק (Slang, Vulgar)
 * Italian:
 * Polish: maniak
 * Portuguese:
 * Russian:
 * Turkish: manyak


 * Armenian: մոլագար,
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: 狂熱分子, 狂热分子, 迷
 * Finnish: fanaatikko, kiihkoilija
 * French:, ,


 * Greek:
 * Hebrew: מניאק (Slang, Vulgar)
 * Italian:
 * Polish: maniak
 * Portuguese:
 * Russian:

Related terms

 * -maniac
 * mania
 * maniacal

Anagrams

 * caiman
 * mancia