Associations to the word «Paranoid»

Wiktionary

PARANOID, adjective. Of, related to, or suffering from paranoia
PARANOID, adjective. Exhibiting extreme and irrational fear or distrust of others
PARANOID, noun. Someone suffering from paranoia
PARANOID PERSONALITY DISORDER, noun. A form of paranoia characterized by a pervasive, long-standing suspiciousness and generalized mistrust of others.
PARANOID SCHIZOPHRENIA, noun. (medicine) A form of schizophrenia that is accompanied by delusions, either of persecution, grandeur or jealousy.

Dictionary definition

PARANOID, noun. A person afflicted with paranoia.
PARANOID, adjective. Suffering from paranoia.

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats