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bonkers

UK/ˈbɒŋkəz//ˈbɑŋkɚz/

bonkers adjective: mad; crazy. Also the plural of bonker.

Adjective

bonkers (comparative more bonkers, superlative most bonkers)

  1. (UK, especially, informal) Mad; crazy.
    • [A]nd we should remind ourselves that it is absolutely bonkers that we elect judges at all; that system is used almost nowhere else on earth[.]2021, Paul Waldman, Opinion: The Supreme Court won’t stand up for voting rights. But some state courts will, in: The Washington Post, July 6 2021 (emphasis in original)
    • "They are turning people off travelling. And the removal of catering on such a long-distance route is just bonkers."2021 December 29, Paul Clifton, “"Crisis" on the West of England line”, in RAIL, number 947, page 35

Also used as

bonkers is also the plural of bonker.

bonkers meaning in Urdu, Odia, Nepali and Indonesian

bonkers in Urdu

بونکرز, بونکروں

bonkers in Odia

ବୋଙ୍କର୍ସ

bonkers in Nepali

बोन्करहरू

bonkers in Indonesian

mad, crazy
gila

Examples of bonkers in a sentence

  • We all knew he'd gone bonkers after he started speaking only gibberish.
  • Some cats go bonkers over catnip; others ignore it.
  • Everyone should just go bonkers at my next birthday party.

All 17 example sentences with bonkers

Forms of bonkers

comparativemore bonkers
superlativemost bonkers

Origin of bonkers

Unknown. Perhaps from bonk (a blow or punch on the head, compare whacky); perhaps related to earlier bonce.

Words formed from bonkers

Phrases with bonkers

Questions about bonkers

What does bonkers mean?
Bonkers means mad; crazy.
What is bonkers in Urdu?
Bonkers in Urdu is بونکرز, بونکروں. See Bonkers meaning in Urdu.
What part of speech is bonkers?
Bonkers is an adjective.
How do you pronounce bonkers?
Bonkers is pronounced /ˈbɒŋkəz/ (UK).

Words near bonkers in the dictionary

  1. bonkbusting
  2. bonked
  3. bonkei
  4. bonker
  5. bonkered
  6. bonkers
  7. bonkersdom
  8. bonkersness
  9. bonking
  10. bonkings
  11. bonkler

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: bonkers (page history and authors); bonkers (Urdu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); bonkers (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); bonkers (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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