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craze n. fad, fashion, trend, enthusiasm, rage, mania, thing,
obsession; last word, dernier cri: The craze for printed
T-shirts goes on and on.
crazy adj. 1 mad, insane, demented, deranged, unbalanced, unhinged,
lunatic, non compos mentis, daft, certifiable, mental, touched
(in the head), out of one's mind or head, mad as a March hare or
hatter, maddened, crazed, Colloq barmy or balmy, cuckoo,
cracked, crackers, crack-brained, dotty, daffy, dippy, gaga,
goofy, crackpot, loony, off one's rocker, have a screw loose,
screwy, batty, bats, bats in the belfry, Brit barmy (in the
crumpet), potty, bonkers, round the bend or twist, off one's
chump, doolally, US off one's trolley, out of one's gourd,
screwball, nuts, nutty (as a fruit cake); Slang bananas, US out
to lunch, meshuga, flaky, flaked-out, (plumb) loco: His wife
thinks he's crazy to want to walk around the world. 2 silly,
absurd, foolish, nonsensical, inane, ridiculous, preposterous,
laughable, risible, ludicrous, asinine, stupid, moronic,
imbecile or imbecilic, idiotic, feeble-minded, hare-brained,
Colloq crackpot: Someone came up with a crazy idea of a square
tennis ball to slow down the game. 3 impractical, impracticable,
unworkable, unsound, pointless, imprudent, rash, reckless,
ill-considered: Columbus' plan to sail round the world was
thought to be crazy at the time. 4 enthusiastic, eager, avid,
zealous, keen, excited: I'm really crazy about windsurfing. 5
infatuated, keen on or about, wild, mad, Colloq dotty, US nuts,
nutty; Slang US ape: Marjorie, I'm absolutely crazy about you.
create v. 1 make, produce, form, bring into being, originate,
conceive; sire, father: The question remains whether God
created Man or vice versa. 2 engender, beget, spawn, generate,
invent, imagine, think up, frame, forge, fashion, fabricate,
manufacture, develop, design, contrive, devise, produce, dream
up, initiate: Here is where they create many of the most
successful television advertisements.
creation n. 1 beginning, origin, birth, start, inception, genesis,
making, formation: The creation of the lake began with the
damming of the stream. 2 the world, the universe, the cosmos:
He was the most wicked man in the history of all creation.
creative adj. imaginative, inventive, originative, artistic, original,
ingenious, resourceful: A truly creative artist seldom lacks