Obsession Synonyms and Antonyms

əb-sĕshən, ŏb-
An irrational preoccupation
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. fixation
  2. fetish
  3. compulsion
  4. mania
  5. fascination
  6. attraction
  7. infatuation
  8. craze
  9. passion
  10. fancy
  11. phantom
  12. delusion
  13. preoccupation
  14. craving
  15. fixed idea
  16. idée fixe (French)
  17. bee-in-one-s-bonnet
  18. hang-up
  19. impulse
  20. idée fixe (French)
  21. incubus
  22. thing
  23. phobia
Antonyms:
  1. indifference
Synonyms:
(Adjective)
  1. fussy
  2. neurotic
  3. sensitive
  4. worried
Synonyms:
(Verb)
  1. haunt

Words Related to Obsession

Related words are words that are directly connected to each other through their meaning, even if they are not synonyms or antonyms. This connection may be general or specific, or the words may appear frequently together.

Obsession Sentence Examples

  • Maybe that tidbit will take his mind off this obsession with his past.

  • After that it was obsession.

  • If it becomes an obsession of many of the post-Reformation writers, it becomes so by the force majeure of special circumstances rather than in the exercise of an old-established habit.

  • We live in a materialistic age where there seems to be a growing obsession with money.

  • Society suffers a sort of perpetual obsession, and remains self-hypnotized as it were within a magic circle of traditional views.

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