Meanings
nounnuthouse (plural nuthouses)
plural nuthouses
- informaloffensiveA hospital for the mentally ill.
That guy is totally crazy; he belongs in a nuthouse.
Synonyms: bedlam, bin, booby-hatch, booby house, bughouse, crazy house, cuckoo's nest, funny farm
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA hospital for the mentally ill.
Similar
bedlambinbooby-hatchbooby housebughousecrazy housecuckoo's nestfunny farmhappy hotelinsane asylumlaughing academyloony binlunatic asylummadhousemental asylummental homemental hotelgrippy sock vacationmental health centermental health hospital
More synonyms by meaning
nounpejorative terms for an insane asylum
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Bedlambooby hatchcrazy housecuckoo's nestfunny farmfunny houseloony binmadhousenut housesanatoriumsnake pit
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
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APA
nuthouse. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/nuthouse
MLA
“nuthouse.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/nuthouse. Accessed November 2, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “nuthouse,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/nuthouse.
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