Synonyms for mania
Synonyms by meaning
Noun
2. Lunacy — violent derangement of mind; madness; insanity
lunacy, madness, frenzy, craze, insanity, craziness, derangement, alienation, aberration, distraction, delirium, dementia
Definitions
- n. 1
Violent derangement of mind; madness; insanity.
- n. 2
Excessive or unreasonable desire; insane passion affecting one or many people; fanaticism.
Related words
- Word family
- manic maniac
- Phrases
- dancing mania gold mania
Forms
- Plural
- manias → passions, cacoethe, lunacies, madnesses…
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Madness is the old popular term, now less common, for insanity in its widest sense, but with suggestion of excitement, akin to mania. Frenzy and mania are forms of raving and furious insanity.
J. C. Fernald, English Synonyms and Antonyms (1914)
Example sentences
- madness Though this be madness, yet there is method in it.
- lunacy Don't succumb to lunacy too much, tomorrow is your wedding!
- obsession What's this obsession he has with religious books?
By length
- 5 letters
- craze1
- 6 letters
- frenzy2, lunacy3
- 7 letters
- passion2, madness2
- 8 letters
- dementia4, insanity4, fixation3, delirium4
- 9 letters
- obsession3, craziness3, cacoethes
- 10 letters
- alienation5, aberration4
- 11 letters
- distraction3, derangement
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (frenzy2 = 2 syllables).