bats C2+ Topic:Describing Qualities US /bæts/ UK /bæts/ See IPA manual Meanings 1 adj crazy or eccentric You'd have to be bats to swim in that freezing lake. Thesaurus Synonyms 1 adj · crazy or eccentric crazymadbattyloonydafteccentricnuts ↔ Opposites sane Word family Related forms battybat Appears in Proverbs (1) See all Nobody bats a thousand Etymology AI details From the phrase 'bats in the belfry', likening a disordered mind to a belfry full of erratically flapping bats; early 20th-century informal. Topics Describing Qualities External links Google Images Cambridge Dictionary Wiktionary # bats **Type:** Word **Level:** C2+ **Part of speech:** adj **IPA (US):** /bæts/ **IPA (UK):** /bæts/ ## Meanings 1. crazy or eccentric ## Examples - You'd have to be bats to swim in that freezing lake. ## Synonyms - crazy - mad - batty - loony - daft - eccentric - nuts ## Antonyms - sane ## Related Forms - batty - bat ## Etymology From the phrase 'bats in the belfry', likening a disordered mind to a belfry full of erratically flapping bats; early 20th-century informal. ## AI Etymology Bats is from the phrase 'bats in the belfry', likening a disordered mind to a belfry full of erratically flapping bats; early 20th-century informal. The current sense covers crazy or eccentric. The wider family includes related words such as batty and bat. ## Topics - Describing Qualities markdown