Synonyms for obsession
- noun
Most common
mania fixation compulsion infatuation hang-up idee fixe obsessedness
All synonyms
Noun
fixation, infatuation, mania, compulsion, hang-up, pre-occupation, siege, kick informal, idee fixe, obsessedness
Definitions
- n. 1
The quality of being obsessed; an unshakeable feeling that one topic or activity must be pursued above other interests.
My obsession with rugby resulted in me spending years following the sport.
Related words
- Word family
- obsess obsessed obsessional obsessive obsessively
- Phrases
- celebrity obsession disorder
Forms
- Plural
- obsessions → fixations, infatuations, manias, compulsions…
Example sentences
- mania Something about big cities triggers mania in me.
- fixation Tom has a strange fixation to potato salad.
- compulsion He was not sure he could fight the compulsion to run.
- infatuation After a while, passion and infatuation ooze away.
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| obsession | rising | |
| mania | rising | |
| fixation | falling | |
| compulsion | steady | |
| infatuation | rising |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 4 letters
- kick1
- 5 letters
- siege1, mania3
- 8 letters
- fixation3
- 10 letters
- compulsion3
- 11 letters
- infatuation5
- 12 letters
- obsessedness
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (mania3 = 3 syllables).
In other languages
- Français
- obsession
- Italiano
- ossessione
- Español
- obsesión
- Deutsch
- Zwangsvorstellung