Explore Maniac through 10+ example sentences from English, with an explanation of the meaning and related words like maniacal or insane. Ideal for language learners, writers and word enthusiasts.
Maniac meaning
- An insane person, especially one who suffers from a mania.
- A fanatic, a person with an obsession.
- Ellipsis of sex maniac.
Synonyms of Maniac
Using Maniac
- The main meaning on this page is: An insane person, especially one who suffers from a mania. | A fanatic, a person with an obsession. | Ellipsis of sex maniac.
- Useful related words include: maniacal, insane, lunatic, madman.
- In the example corpus, maniac often appears in combinations such as: maniac mansion, the maniac, of maniac.
Context around Maniac
- Average sentence length in these examples: 22.5 words
- Position in the sentence: 4 start, 8 middle, 8 end
- Sentence types: 18 statements, 0 questions, 2 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Maniac
- In this selection, "maniac" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 22.5 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, homicidal, museum, reckless, charts, whiplash and english stand out and add context to how "maniac" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include a homicidal maniac and a deranged maniac that hacks. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "maniac" sits close to words such as abang, abetting and accented, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with maniac
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
She drove like a maniac on cul-de-sacs. (9 words)
Orhan Pamuk, ‘a museum maniac – they make my romantic imagination work’. (11 words)
As Shawn Brady (Brandon Beemer) pointed out, Princess Gina is a homicidal maniac. (13 words)
Alisha Edwards tried to guilt-trip Eric Young, but telling a man known as “The World Class Maniac” that he’s the reason her husband can’t hold his kids is one of the biggest compliments you can give him. (40 words)
I’ve gotta tell you, one movie which maybe was a forerunner to that was the English movie that came out about four years ago, but it was really made by some maniac English guy. (35 words)
DDR 4th Mix Plus renamed several song's Maniac charts as Maniac-S (for Single) and Maniac-D (for Double), while adding newer and harder stepcharts for the old ones as the "second" Maniac. (34 words)
And he explicitly name-checks the budding genre in the anthemic chorus: “Adrenaline starts to flow / You’re thrashing all around / Acting like a maniac / Whiplash! (26 words)
Everyone driving slower than me is an idiot, and everyone driving faster is a maniac! (15 words)
Example sentences (20)
DDR 4th Mix Plus renamed several song's Maniac charts as Maniac-S (for Single) and Maniac-D (for Double), while adding newer and harder stepcharts for the old ones as the "second" Maniac.
And he explicitly name-checks the budding genre in the anthemic chorus: “Adrenaline starts to flow / You’re thrashing all around / Acting like a maniac / Whiplash!
I’ve gotta tell you, one movie which maybe was a forerunner to that was the English movie that came out about four years ago, but it was really made by some maniac English guy.
March 30 (UPI) -- K-pop group Stray Kids performed on "Jimmy Kimmel Live!" ahead of the conclusion of its "Maniac" world tour.
Orhan Pamuk, ‘a museum maniac – they make my romantic imagination work’.
Pirro had become so unmanageable that her own executive producer had called her a “reckless maniac,” as a filing in the Dominion lawsuit previously indicated.
See readers, this is what happens when Bleeding Cool management wants to "innovate" and pairs you with an metal maniac bent on world domination.
Sheriff T.K. Waters described the shooter, who killed himself, as a “maniac who decided he wanted to take lives,” according to the Florida Times-Union.
The Malignant One has called Smith a “maniac,” a “lunatic,” a “Soviet-style thug” and other choice names.
The maniac still lives at my house, and keeps trying to acquire a car.
Together they tackle a potentially homicidal maniac, karaoke in dive bars, estranged mothers, and cheating boyfriends.
With one becoming a homicidal maniac, drunk in the abilities he possesses, the other decides to use his new-found powers for the good of others.
Everyone driving slower than me is an idiot, and everyone driving faster is a maniac!
He notes he was a Hulk-a-maniac as a kid and then fell in love with wrestling again during The Attitude Era.
She drove like a maniac on cul-de-sacs.
Shyamalan (and all of the film’s marketing) wastes no time to reveal that Cooper is a serial killer, The Butcher, to be precise, a deranged maniac that hacks his victims into pieces.
The maniac frontman of was not only known for his vocals but for his onstage antics.
Alisha Edwards tried to guilt-trip Eric Young, but telling a man known as “The World Class Maniac” that he’s the reason her husband can’t hold his kids is one of the biggest compliments you can give him.
An online debate that was only slightly serious began this week, where fans debated whether the little one is actually a homicidal maniac.
As Shawn Brady (Brandon Beemer) pointed out, Princess Gina is a homicidal maniac.
Common combinations with maniac
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- maniac mansion 19×
- the maniac 8×
- of maniac 8×
- like maniac 5×
- maniac who 5×
- homicidal maniac 4×
- genocidal maniac 3×
- maniac and 3×
- metal maniac 2×
- as maniac 2×