Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun hysterics

1 sense of hysterics

Sense 1
hysterics -- (an attack of hysteria)
       => attack -- (a sudden occurrence of an uncontrollable condition; "an attack of diarrhea")

Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun hysteric

1 sense of hysteric

Sense 1
hysteric -- (a person suffering from hysteria)
       => neurotic, psychoneurotic, mental case -- (a person suffering from neurosis)