Synonyms of neurotic

neurotic

adjective

as in paranoid

having or showing a very nervous or disordered state of mind

Her neurotic tendencies tend to manifest in her obsessive need for cleanliness.

Our dog is a bit neurotic; she tends to panic around strangers.

Related Words

• paranoid
• unstable
• worried
• nervous
• psychotic
• anxious
• restless
• schizophrenic
• schizoid
• disturbed
• obsessive-compulsive
• irrational
• paranoiac
• disordered
• delusional
• delusionary
• sociopathic
• obsessed
• delirious
• aberrant
• high-strung
• uptight
• psychopathic
• overanxious
• eccentric
• uneasy
• demented
• unsettled
• unreasonable
• bothered
• distressed
• maniacal
• jittery
• psycho
• jumpy
• crazed
• deranged
• unquiet
• strange
• unbalanced
• skittish
• mental
• mad
• insane
• oddball
• tense
• nutty
• unhinged
• batty
• odd
• non compos mentis
• crazy
• daft
• nuts
• unsound
• loco
• queer
• pixilated
• bonkers
• brainsick
• fixated
• bats
• wud

Dissimilar Words

• relaxed
• relieved
• composed
• possessed
• collected
• placid
• equal
• peaceful
• rational
• level
• smooth
• sedate
• undisturbed
• serene
• unperturbed
• tranquil
• cool
• reasonable
• unruffled
• unneurotic
• untroubled
• limpid
• lucid
• clear
• sane
• unshaken
• sound
• together
• tranquilized
• self-possessed
• balanced
• unworried
• coolheaded
• self-composed
• recollected
• compos mentis
• uncrazy

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of neurotic

Perfectionists Nini and Jane are feeling a bit neurotic, while Darlene Mitchell helpfully steers Juicy to develop a Karen that will lean into her strengths and make Ru laugh. —Rebecca Alter, Vulture, 28 Mar. 2026

Streisand, who played the neurotic, political firebrand Katie Morosky opposite Redford's WASPy Hubbell Gardiner in the 1973 romantic drama, performed a song and delivered a speech honoring him during the Oscars' In Memoriam segment. —Anna Kaufman, USA Today, 16 Mar. 2026

Block squirts out a capturing of Dreyfuss as a fuzzy-haired neurotic ping-ponging mood changes around the set. —Christopher Smith, Oc Register, 10 Mar. 2026

The issue, which can arise within minutes, is that no matter how careful, how neurotic, how cautious someone is, inevitably the shiny piano black plastic trim gets scratched, knicked, and or marred rapidly as a car is used. —Joel Feder, The Drive, 5 Mar. 2026