madman

noun

mad·​man ˈmad-ˌman 

-mən

: a man who is or acts as if insane

Synonyms

• devil
• cowboy
• madcap

Examples of madman in a Sentence

a celebrity being stalked by a madman

as far as I'm concerned, anyone who likes skydiving is a madman

Recent Examples on the Web

But there’s still something delectable about Guillermo del Toro, a director who is both a visionary and a genre classicist, returning to the original horror novel, the tale of monsters and madmen that gave birth to all subsequent tales of monsters and madmen. —Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 26 Aug. 2025

Barry Goldwater and Ronald Reagan were madmen marching the United States toward nuclear war. —Isaac Schorr, The Washington Examiner, 8 Aug. 2025

Instead, all the chatter on that October 2005 morning was focused on the absolute madman chain-smoking and mainlining coffee to a degree never witnessed before. —Dalton Ross, EW.com, 30 July 2025

The diary of havoc blended with the diary of a madman to create the best Rockies walk-up song ever. —Troy Renck, Denver Post, 24 July 2025

Word History

First Known Use

14th century, in the meaning defined above

Phrases Containing madman

• like a madman

Rhymes for madman

• afghan
• bedpan
• began
• caveman
• chapin
• crankpin
• cyan
• deadpan
• dextran
• divan
• doorman
• fishman

Kids Definition

madman

noun

mad·​man ˈmad-ˌman 

-mən

: a man who is or who acts as if mentally unsound