Meanings
psycho1
comparative more psycho · superlative most psycho · alternative slang syko
- colloquialderogatoryPsychotic, psychopathic, or (broadly) otherwise insane.
Oh, she's sweet but a psycho / A little bit psycho / At night she's screamin' / "I'm-ma-ma-ma out my mind"
2018, Ava Max, Madison Love, Tix, Cook Classics, Cirkut, “Sweet but Psycho”, in Heaven & Hell, performed by Ava Max1 more example
That psycho jawn had snuck a pistol into the gym while we was practicing and started shooting shit up like she was some kinda hot female action hero.
2006, Noire [pseudonym], Thug-A-Licious: An Urban Erotic Tale, New York, N.Y.: One World, Ballantine Books, →ISBN, page 258
plural psychos · alternative slang syko
- derogatoryslangA person who is psychotic, psychopathic, or (broadly) otherwise insane.
The loony bin up on the hill is full of psychos.
1 more example
Oh, she's hot but a psycho / So left but she's right, though / At night she's screamin' / "I'm-ma-ma-ma out my mind"
2018, Ava Max, Madison Love, Tix, Cook Classics, Cirkut, “Sweet but Psycho”, in Heaven & Hell, performed by Ava Max
psycho2
alternative slang syko
- informaluncountableA class, at a college or university, in which psychology is taught.
I've got anthro, socio, lunch, and psycho.
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA person who is psychotic, psychopathic, or (broadly) otherwise insane.
nounA person who acts in a bizarre or dangerous manner.
More synonyms by meaning
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
psycho · adjective, noun
Clipping of psychotic or psychopath + -o (“person with characteristic”). Compare sicko.
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Bulgarian психопат
- психопат (psihopat)psychotic or otherwise insane person
Chinese Cantonese 黐線佬 /黐线佬
- 黐線佬 /黐线佬 (ci¹ sin³ lou²)person acting in a bizarre or dangerous manner
Chinese Mandarin 精神病人, 精神病患者
- 精神病人 (jīngshénbìngrén)psychotic or otherwise insane person
- 精神病患者 (jīngshénbìnghuànzhě)psychotic or otherwise insane person
- 瘋子 /疯子 (fēngzi)person acting in a bizarre or dangerous manner
- 狂人 (kuángrén)person acting in a bizarre or dangerous manner
Danish psyko
- psyko(colloquial or pejorative) Psychotic
Finnish sekopää, kaistapää
- sekopääpsychotic or otherwise insane person
- kaistapääpsychotic or otherwise insane person
- psykopsychotic or otherwise insane person
- kaistapääperson acting in a bizarre or dangerous manner
French psychopathe
- psychopathepsychotic or otherwise insane person
German psycho, Psycho
- psycho(colloquial or pejorative) Psychotic
- Psychopsychotic or otherwise insane person
- Psychopathpsychotic or otherwise insane person
- Verrückteperson acting in a bizarre or dangerous manner
Greek ψυχώ
- ψυχώ (psychó)person acting in a bizarre or dangerous manner
Hebrew פסיכי, פסיכי
- פסיכי (psikhi)(colloquial or pejorative) Psychotic
- פסיכי (psikhi)psychotic or otherwise insane person
Indonesian tak waras
- tak waras(colloquial or pejorative) Psychotic
Japanese 狂人
- 狂人 (kyōjin)person acting in a bizarre or dangerous manner
Portuguese psicótico, psicopático
- psicótico(colloquial or pejorative) Psychotic
- psicopático(colloquial or pejorative) Psychotic
- louco(colloquial or pejorative) Psychotic
- psicopata(colloquial or pejorative) Psychotic
- psicopatapsychotic or otherwise insane person
- psicóticopsychotic or otherwise insane person
- loucopsychotic or otherwise insane person
- doidopsychotic or otherwise insane person
- insanopsychotic or otherwise insane person
- psicopataperson acting in a bizarre or dangerous manner
- psicóticoperson acting in a bizarre or dangerous manner
Russian псих, псих
- псих (psix)psychotic or otherwise insane person
- псих (psix)person acting in a bizarre or dangerous manner
Spanish psicópata
- psicópatapsychotic or otherwise insane person
Swedish psykopatisk, tokig
- psykopatisk(colloquial or pejorative) Psychotic
- tokig(colloquial or pejorative) Psychotic
- vansinnig(colloquial or pejorative) Psychotic
- psykfallpsychotic or otherwise insane person
- psykpsychotic or otherwise insane person
- psykopsychotic or otherwise insane person
- galningperson acting in a bizarre or dangerous manner
Turkish sayko
- saykopsychotic or otherwise insane person
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with psycho
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Cite this entry
psycho. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/psycho
“psycho.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/psycho. Accessed November 2, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “psycho,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/psycho.
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