1. Having the flavour of nuts
   "a nutty sherry";
   - nutlike
    
2. [slang] Insane, strange, eccentric or stupid
   "it used to drive my husband nutty";
   - balmy [archaic, slang], barmy [slang], bats [slang], batty [slang], bonkers [slang], buggy [N. Amer, slang], cracked [slang], crackers [slang], daft [Brit, slang], dotty [Brit, slang], fruity [slang], haywire [slang], kooky [slang], kookie [slang], loco [slang], loony [slang], loopy [slang], nuts [slang], round the bend [slang], around the bend [slang], wacky [slang], whacky [slang], daffy [slang], dippy [slang], doolally [Brit, slang], wacko [slang], daft as a brush [Brit, slang], potty [Brit, slang], round the twist [Brit, slang], dumbass [N. Amer, slang], nutsy [N. Amer, slang], barking mad [Brit, slang], mental [slang], barking [Brit, slang], bughouse [N. Amer, slang], cuckoo [slang]
    
3. [informal] Foolish; totally unsound
   "That's a nutty idea";
   - crazy [informal], half-baked [informal], screwball [informal], softheaded, crackpot [informal], moronic [informal], wiggy [US, informal]
    
4. Containing nuts
   "She baked a nutty chocolate cake"

Derived forms: nuttiest, nuttier

See also: absurd, cockeyed [informal], derisible, derisory, idiotic, impractical, insane, laughable, ludicrous, nonsensical, preposterous, ridic [informal], ridiculous, tasty

Encyclopedia: Nutty, Naughty Chateau