bonkers

[ bong-kerz ]

See synonyms for bonkers on Thesaurus.com

adjectiveSlang.

mentally unbalanced; mad; crazy.

Origin of bonkers

1945–50; of uncertain origin; for final element, cf. -ers

Words Nearby bonkers

Dictionary.com Unabridged Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023

How to use bonkers in a sentence

Third, the phenomenon in which boring, lifeless stocks suddenly go bonkers.
What happens after the GameStop bubble bursts? | Peter Kafka | February 2, 2021 | Vox
Forty-one percent of Republicans say the bonkers ideas are a net positive for the country, or twice the national average.
Why Republicans Can’t Win on QAnon-Supporting Marjorie Taylor Greene | Philip Elliott | January 28, 2021 | Time
In today’s essay, I explain why the fallout from this bonkers bet won’t fade any time soon.
Forget Bitcoin—GameStop just topped $300 in pre-market trading | Bernhard Warner | January 27, 2021 | Fortune
You know the stock market has gone bonkers when even CEOs are baffled by their companies’ soaring share prices.
Is a massive bubble in US tech stocks coming—or is it already here? | John Detrixhe | December 15, 2020 | Quartz
That’s why the thing in Pennsylvania is bonkers, completely bonkers.
The Justice Department May Have Violated Attorney General Barr’s Own Policy Memo | by Robert Faturechi and Justin Elliott | October 6, 2020 | ProPublica

Like Miller, Wolf suffers from the radical self-delusion that mistakes bonkers political views for uncommonly brave opinion.
From ISIS to Ebola, What Has Made Naomi Wolf So Paranoid? | Michael Moynihan | October 11, 2014 | THE DAILY BEAST
The brilliance of Community: knowing that good comedy finds it root in places as bleak as they are bonkers.
‘Community’ Review: ‘Repilot’ Is Both an Epic Failure and a Major Success | Kevin Fallon | January 3, 2014 | THE DAILY BEAST
Like, I think Rhythm Nation is one of my favorite records and that song in particular is just so bonkers.
Hardcore Mixed With Honey: ‘Bitter Rivals’ and the Evolution of Sleigh Bells | Amy Zimmerman | October 30, 2013 | THE DAILY BEAST
Stella McCartney put the bonkers back into London Fashion Week.
Anya Hindmarch and Stella McCartney Close London Fashion Week | Tom Sykes | September 17, 2013 | THE DAILY BEAST
Was McCartney trying to singlehandedly put the bonkers back into London Fashion Week?
Anya Hindmarch and Stella McCartney Close London Fashion Week | Tom Sykes | September 17, 2013 | THE DAILY BEAST
It was driving him bonkers not to be able to ride any longer.
Makers | Cory Doctorow

British Dictionary definitions for bonkers

bonkers

/ (ˈbɒŋkəz) /

adjective

slang, mainly British mad; crazy

Origin of bonkers

C20 (originally in the sense: slightly drunk, tipsy): of unknown origin

Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Browse