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Adjective zany has 2 senses
- cockamamie, cockamamy, goofy, sappy, silly, wacky, whacky, zany, unreasonable - pungent adjectives of disesteem; "gave me a cockamamie reason for not going"; "wore a goofy hat"; "a silly idea"; "some wacky plan for selling more books"
Antonym: wise (indirect, via foolish)
- buffoonish, clownish, clowlike, zany - like a clown; "a buffoonish walk"; "a clownish face"; "a zany sense of humor"
Antonyms: humorless, humourless, unhumorous (indirect, via humorous)
Noun zany has 2 senses
- zany - a buffoon in one of the old comedies; imitates others for ludicrous effect
--1 is a kind of clown, buffoon, merry andrew
- fathead, goof, goofball, bozo, jackass, goose, cuckoo, twat, zany - a man who is a stupid incompetent fool
--2 is a kind of fool, sap, saphead, muggins, tomfool
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