crackpot n : a whimsically eccentric person [syn: crank, nut, nut case, nutcase, fruitcake, screwball]

English

Pronunciation

Noun

1. An eccentric, crazy or foolish person. A kook.

   Time will tell whether he is a crackpot or a genius for promoting that sort of idea.

2. Someone addicted to crack cocaine (i.e. a drug addict). See also crackhead.

Adjective

crackpot

1. Eccentric or impractical

   a crackpot idea

For the perjoritive term, see Crank (person)

For the Yorkshire village, see Crackpot, North Yorkshire.

wi crackpot

alien, aliene, bedlamite, borderline case, case, character, crackbrain, crank, cuckoo, dement, demoniac, ding-a-ling, dingbat, eccentric, energumen, erratic, fanatic, flake, fou, freak, harebrain, hermit, hobo, idiot, kook, lone wolf, loner, loon, loony, lunatic, madman, maniac, maverick, meshuggenah, natural, noncompos, nonconformist, nut, odd fellow, oddball, oddity, original, outsider, pariah, phrenetic, queer duck, queer fish, queer specimen, rara avis, raving lunatic, recluse, screwball, solitary, strange duck, tramp, type, weirdo, zealot