Used in a Sentence

paranoid

Definitions, parts of speech, synonyms, and sentence examples for paranoid.

Editorial note

If you're going to be paranoid about shills, astroturfing, and misinformation, at least be paranoid on all sides.

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Quick take

A person suffering from paranoia.

Meaning at a glance

The clearest senses and uses of paranoid gathered in one view.

noun

A person suffering from paranoia.

adjective

Of, related to, or suffering from clinical paranoia.

adjective

(informal) Exhibiting excessive fear, suspicion, or distrust.

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for paranoid.

adjective

Of, related to, or suffering from clinical paranoia.

adjective

(informal) Exhibiting excessive fear, suspicion, or distrust.

Example sentences

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If you're going to be paranoid about shills, astroturfing, and misinformation, at least be paranoid on all sides.

2

If you are paranoid about your data privacy, please just use one of the many privacy focused OS's.

3

One other issue with this is that plenty of overly paranoid sellers demand that shipping address equals billing address.

4

As a paranoid person, good web design is going to do nothing to allay my fears.

5

I missed the point in the script where Aaron went from Google-paranoid (witness his online novella) to Google-booster.

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Do you really believe that Marx preached power-hungry, paranoid rulers that execute anyone that disagrees with them (or is just 'suspected' of doing so)?

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Call me paranoid, but that sounds a lot more like a bomb than a lot of other things police in the US have destroyed (e.g.

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A lot of startups could forego that at first, but not if they're selling $6,000 of equipment to an audience that's pre-selected to be paranoid.

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Is this guy overly paranoid, or am I overly lax, that I don't care?

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Most likely the devs were being lazy and possibly paranoid that the initial experience with Windows 10 would be terrible if the application preferences were maintained.

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I think his point was that you need to gain credibility, and more than usual since the potential audience is already paranoid.

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OxygenOS is being made by the Paranoid Android team.

Frequently asked questions

Short answers drawn from the clearest meanings and examples for this word.

How do you use paranoid in a sentence?

If you're going to be paranoid about shills, astroturfing, and misinformation, at least be paranoid on all sides.

What does paranoid mean?

A person suffering from paranoia.

What part of speech is paranoid?

paranoid is commonly used as noun, adjective.