Definitions for paranoid

paranoid par·a·noid

Spelling: [par-uh-noid]
IPA: /ˈpær əˌnɔɪd/

Paranoid is a 8 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 11 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 13 points.

You can make 291 anagrams from letters in paranoid (aadinopr).

Definitions for paranoid

noun

  1. a person suffering from paranoia.

adjective

  1. of, like, or suffering from paranoia.

Origin of paranoid

1900-05; paranoi(a) + -oid, with base and suffix merged, perhaps by haplology from the expected *paranoioid

Examples for paranoid

He has all the tendencies to suspicion that a paranoid personality has.

And in a culture as paranoid as ours, we freak out about them all the time.

Fifty Years ago, “The paranoid Style of American Politics” changed how we think about modern conservatism.

“I was so paranoid that I would shred the receipts,” she said.

Yet the essay does not absolve the Left from paranoid thinking.

As for his harsh—some might even say paranoid—opposition to European integration, “most of us would support him.”

Knowing this, they are also paranoid but, as distinct from the classic pathology, they do have enemies.

He was the one to blame; he'd known Dorflay's paranoid condition for years.

Even if it's a paranoid constitutional inferior like Jimmy's father.

But a paranoid Talent could think of them, and know that they were true.

Word Value for paranoid
Scrable

11

Words with friends

13

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