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Synonyms for frenzy

Most common

rage fury hysteria mania

Definitions

  1. n. 1

    A state of wild activity or panic.

    international media frenzy

Related words

Word family
frenetic frenzied

Forms

Plural
frenzies → rages, furies, hysteriae, manias…

Choose the right word

Frenzy, Mania or Insanity?

Frenzy and mania are forms of raving and furious insanity.

J. C. Fernald, English Synonyms and Antonyms (1914)

Example sentences

  • rage My father flew into a rage when he found that out.
  • fury It was time for the Numidians to vent their fury.
  • mania Something about big cities triggers mania in me.
  • hysteria Tom doesn't know the difference between passion and hysteria.
  • ecstasy Sami fell into a state of ecstasy during the dhikr.
  • fanaticism The problem is fanaticism, not freedom of the press.

Popularity over time

Word1850 → 2019Trend
frenzyrising
ragerising
furyrising
maniarising
hysteriarising
ecstasyrising

Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.

By length

4 letters
fire2, heat1, rage1, fury2
5 letters
mania3, craze1
6 letters
raving2, lunacy3
7 letters
madness2, ecstasy3
8 letters
insanity4, hysteria4, delirium4
10 letters
fanaticism5
11 letters
distraction3

The small number after each word is its number of syllables (fire2 = 2 syllables).

In other languages

Français
frénésie
Italiano
frenesia
Español
frenesí
Català
frenesí