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

7 senses of nut

Sense 1
nut -- (usually large hard-shelled seed)
       => seed -- (a small hard fruit)

Sense 2
Nut -- (Egyptian goddess of the sky)
       INSTANCE OF=> Egyptian deity -- (a deity worshipped by the ancient Egyptians)

Sense 3
nut -- (a small (usually square or hexagonal) metal block with internal screw thread to be fitted onto a bolt)
       => block -- (a solid piece of something (usually having flat rectangular sides); "the pyramids were built with large stone blocks")

Sense 4
en, nut -- (half the width of an em)
       => linear unit, linear measure -- (a unit of measurement of length)

Sense 5
crackpot, crank, nut, nut case, fruitcake, screwball -- (a whimsically eccentric person)
       => eccentric, eccentric person, flake, oddball, geek -- (a person with an unusual or odd personality)

Sense 6
addict, nut, freak, junkie, junky -- (someone who is so ardently devoted to something that it resembles an addiction; "a golf addict"; "a car nut"; "a bodybuilding freak"; "a news junkie")
       => enthusiast, partisan, partizan -- (an ardent and enthusiastic supporter of some person or activity)

Sense 7
testis, testicle, orchis, ball, ballock, bollock, nut, egg -- (one of the two male reproductive glands that produce spermatozoa and secrete androgens; "she kicked him in the balls and got away")
       => male reproductive gland -- (the reproductive organs of a man)
       => gonad, sex gland -- (a gland in which gametes (sex cells) are produced)

Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb nut

1 sense of nut

Sense 1
nut -- (gather nuts)
       => gather, garner, collect, pull together -- (assemble or get together; "gather some stones"; "pull your thoughts together")