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psycho

UK/ˈsaɪ̯.kəʊ̯/US/ˈsaɪ̯.koʊ̯/

psycho adjective: psychotic, psychopathic, or (broadly) otherwise insane.

Adjective

psycho (comparative more psycho, superlative most psycho)

  1. (colloquial, derogatory) Psychotic, psychopathic, or (broadly) otherwise insane.
    • That psycho jawn had snuck a pistol into the gym while we was practicing and started shooting shit up like she was some kinda hot female action hero.2006, Noire [pseudonym], Thug-A-Licious: An Urban Erotic Tale, New York, N.Y.: One World, Ballantine Books, →ISBN, page 258
    • Oh, she's sweet but a psycho / A little bit psycho / At night she's screamin' / "I'm-ma-ma-ma out my mind"2018, Ava Max, Madison Love, Tix, Cook Classics, Cirkut, “Sweet but Psycho”, in Heaven & Hell, performed by Ava Max

Noun (1)

psycho (plural psychos)

  1. (derogatory, slang) A person who is psychotic, psychopathic, or (broadly) otherwise insane.
    • The loony bin up on the hill is full of psychos.
    • Oh, she's hot but a psycho / So left but she's right, though / At night she's screamin' / "I'm-ma-ma-ma out my mind"2018, Ava Max, Madison Love, Tix, Cook Classics, Cirkut, “Sweet but Psycho”, in Heaven & Hell, performed by Ava Max
    Synonyms:
    freak, loony, nutcase, wacko
  2. (broadly, derogatory, slang) A person who acts in a bizarre or dangerous manner.
    • She complained that he was a psycho for driving at such a high speed in heavy traffic.

Noun (2)

psycho (uncountable)

  1. (informal) A class, at a college or university, in which psychology is taught.
    • I've got anthro, socio, lunch, and psycho.

psycho meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Urdu and Bengali

psycho in Hindi

साइको

psycho in Tamil

பைத்தியம், பைத்தியக்காரன், கிறுக்கு, கிறுக்கன்

psycho in Urdu

سائیکو

psycho in Bengali

মন, আত্মা
More languagesFewer languages
psycho in Telugu
సైకో
psycho in Malayalam
സൈക്കോ
psycho in Kannada
ಸೈಕೋ
psycho in Punjabi
ਸਾਇਕੋ
psycho in Odia
ସାଇକୋ
psycho in Nepali
साइको
psycho in Indonesian
tak waras

Synonyms of psycho

All synonyms of psycho

Forms of psycho

Adjective
comparativemore psycho
superlativemost psycho
alternative form (slang)syko
Noun
pluralpsychos

Origin of psycho

Clipping of psychotic or psychopath + -o (“person with characteristic”). Compare sicko.

Clipping of psychology.

Words formed from psycho

Phrases with psycho

Words that rhyme with psycho

Questions about psycho

What does psycho mean?
Psycho means psychotic, psychopathic, or (broadly) otherwise insane.
What is psycho in Hindi?
Psycho in Hindi is साइको. See Psycho meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is psycho?
Psycho can be an adjective or a noun.
How do you pronounce psycho?
Psycho is pronounced /ˈsaɪ̯.kəʊ̯/ (UK).

Words near psycho in the dictionary

  1. psychism
  2. psychisms
  3. psychist
  4. psychistic
  5. psychists
  6. psycho
  7. psycho bitch
  8. psycho bitches
  9. psycho-
  10. psycho-aesthetic
  11. psycho-aesthetics

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: psycho (page history and authors); psycho (Hindi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); psycho (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); psycho (Urdu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); psycho (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); psycho (Telugu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); psycho (Malayalam, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); psycho (Kannada, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); psycho (Punjabi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); psycho (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); psycho (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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