Synonyms for Nut (same or very similar meaning)
WordNet sense 1 (half the width of an em):
en
WordNet sense 2 (a whimsically eccentric person):
crackpot, crank, fruitcake, screwball, nutcase
WordNet sense 3 (someone who is so ardently devoted to something that it resembles an addiction):
addict, freak, junkie, junky, addict
WordNet sense 4 (one of the two male reproductive glands that produce spermatozoa and secrete androgens):
ball, egg, testicle, testis, ballock, bollock, orchis
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