schizo
US/ˈskɪtsoʊ/
schizo noun: schizophrenic.
Noun
schizo (plural schizos)
- Schizophrenic.
- "Lucky for you you aren't in one of our great public hospitals; they put the loonies next to the heroin addicts, and there's so much drug traffic in the wards that the poor schizos end up with bad habits."1988, Salman Rushdie, chapter IX, in The Satanic Verses, page 558
- A mad or crazy person.
- Synonyms:
- basket case, basket weaver, crack, crackpot, crazy, crazyhead, dingbat, eccentric, fruit and nut case, fruit cake
Adjective
schizo (comparative more schizo, superlative most schizo)
- crazy, not of sound mind
Synonyms of schizo
- basket case
- basket weaver
- crack
- crackpot
- crazy
- crazyhead
- dingbat
- eccentric
- fruit and nut case
- fruit cake
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Forms of schizo
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | schizos |
| alternative form | skitzo |
| Adjective | |
| comparative | more schizo |
| superlative | most schizo |
Origin of schizo
Clipping of schizophrenic.
Words formed from schizo
Questions about schizo
- What does schizo mean?
- Schizo means schizophrenic.
- What part of speech is schizo?
- Schizo can be a noun or an adjective.
- How do you pronounce schizo?
- Schizo is pronounced /ˈskɪtsoʊ/ (US).
- What is the plural of schizo?
- The plural of schizo is schizos.
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