Synonyms for paranoid
ˈpær əˌnɔɪdpara·noid

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1. paranoid, paranoiacadjective

   a person afflicted with paranoia

   Synonyms:
   paranoiac

   Antonyms:
   sane

2. paranoidadjective

   suffering from paranoia

   Antonyms:
   sane

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1. List of paraphrases for "paranoid":

   neurotic, schizophrenic, delusional

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How to use paranoid in a sentence?

1. Uffe Ellemann-Jensen:

   Boris Johnson's article was very imaginative, the claim that Delors would rule Europe was well out of proportion and was water on the paranoid wave that opponents of the Maastricht Treaty were trying to create.

2. Alison Hedervary:

   I don’t want to live every day thinking about my disease, i don’t want to be paranoid thinking about what could happen because then I’ll be depressed, and that’s not the way to live your life. I just want to enjoy life with every day that I have.

3. Clinton Foundation head Donna Shalala:

   They’ve become paranoid. Paranoia. Thinking people are out to get them, this right-wing conspiracy stuff.

4. Eddie Ray Routh:

   I've been so paranoid-schizophrenic all day, I don't know what to even think of the world right now, i don't know if I'm insane. Or sane. I don't know what's even sane in the world right now.

5. Pete Lanteri:

   We’re not paranoid tin-hat wearing freaks.