paranoid
Syllables: para·noid/ˈpæɹ.əˌnɔɪd/US/ˈpæɹ.əˌnɔɪd/
paranoid adjective: of, related to, or suffering from clinical paranoia.
Adjective
paranoid (comparative more paranoid, superlative most paranoid)
- Of, related to, or suffering from clinical paranoia.
- Exhibiting excessive fear, suspicion, or distrust.
- But can the people on TV see me or am I just paranoid?1984, Rockwell, “Somebody's Watching Me”
- People generally want to believe good news, and Max was so paranoid about germs that he'd really love to believe Plum Island was spewing antibiotics and vaccine into the air.2003, Nelson DeMille, Plum Island
Noun
paranoid (plural paranoids)
- A person suffering from paranoia.
paranoid meaning in Urdu, Bengali, Malayalam and Kannada
paranoid in Urdu
- وہمی, شکی, دماغی اضطراب, خلل عقلی
paranoid in Bengali
- অহেতুক সন্দেহপ্রবণ, প্যারানয়া সংক্রান্ত
paranoid in Malayalam
- paranoiac, over-suspicious, suspicious
- സംശയരോഗമുള്ള, സംശയബുദ്ധിയായ, ആരേയും വിശ്വാസമില്ലാത്ത, സംശയാലുവായ, ശങ്കാശീലമുള്ള, ഭയമുള്ള
paranoid in Kannada
- ಸಂಶಯಗ್ರಸ್ತ, ಸಂಶಯ ಪಿಶಾಚಿಯ, ಬುದ್ಧಿಭ್ರಮಣೆಯಂಥ
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- paranoid in Arabic
- بَارَانُويِيّ bārānūyiyy
- paranoid in Malay
- paranoid
- paranoid in Indonesian
- paranoid
- paranoid in Persian
- پارانوئید pârâno'id, پارانوئیدی pârâno'idi
- paranoid in Thai
- หวาดระแวง
Examples of paranoid in a sentence
- Jill said Jack was paranoid, and when he told her he was not she just nodded knowingly. It was a perfect Kafkatrap.
- But it wasn’t only the madness of paranoid earls and fashionable landowners that was encoded in them.
- As a child in elementary school, I was very awkward and paranoid, especially in that particular classroom.
Forms of paranoid
| Adjective | |
|---|---|
| comparative | more paranoid |
| superlative | most paranoid |
| Noun | |
| plural | paranoids |
Origin of paranoid
From paranoia + -oid.
Words formed from paranoid
Phrases with paranoid
Words that rhyme with paranoid
Questions about paranoid
- What does paranoid mean?
- Paranoid means of, related to, or suffering from clinical paranoia.
- What is paranoid in Urdu?
- Paranoid in Urdu is وہمی, شکی, دماغی اضطراب. See Paranoid meaning in Urdu.
- What part of speech is paranoid?
- Paranoid can be an adjective or a noun.
- How do you pronounce paranoid?
- Paranoid is pronounced /ˈpæɹ.əˌnɔɪd/ (UK).
Words near paranoid in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: paranoid (page history and authors); paranoid (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); paranoid (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); paranoid (Olam, E.K. Kurup corpus) (dataset and license); paranoid (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). 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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