Synonyms for obsess

Most common

ghost · fixate

All synonyms

Verb

Definitions

1. v. 1

   To be preoccupied with a single topic or emotion.

   Some people are obsessed with sports.

Related words

Word family

obsessive obsession

Forms

Past participle

obsessed
e.g. obsessed → haunted, ghosted, fixated…

Example sentences

• ghost Have Tom and Mary ever told you any ghost stories?
• fixate Don't fixate on yourself. Help others instead.

Popularity over time

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

By length

4 letters

hant

5 letters

ghost¹, haunt¹, beset²

6 letters

fixate²

The small number after each word is its number of syllables (beset² = 2 syllables).

In other languages

Français

obséder

Español

obsesionar

Català

obsessionar