| Main Entry: | obsess |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | preoccupy |
Synonyms: |
beset, consume, dominate, engross, grip, harass, haunt, hold, infatuate, possess, torment |
| Main Entry: | obsessed |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | consumed, driven about belief, desire |
Synonyms: |
bedeviled, beset, bewitched, captivated, controlled, dogged, dominated, eat sleep and breathe, engrossed, fiendish, fixated, gripped, harassed, haunted, have on the brain, held, hooked, hung up on, immersed in, infatuated, into*, overpowered, plagued, possessed, preoccupied, prepossessed, really into, seized, taken over, tied up, tormented, troubled, turned on, up to here in, wound up with, wrapped up in |
Antonyms: |
indifferent, unconcerned |
| Main Entry: | absorb |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | occupy complete attention |
Synonyms: |
captivate, concern, consume, employ, engage, engross, fascinate, fill, hold, immerse, involve, monopolize, obsess, preoccupy, rivet |
Antonyms: |
distract |
| Main Entry: | addicted |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | dependent on something, compulsive |
Synonyms: |
absorbed, accustomed, attached, dependent, devoted, disposed, fanatic, fond, given over to, given to, habituated, hooked, hyped, imbued, inclined, obsessed, predisposed, prone to, spaced out, strung out, under the influence, used to, wedded to |
Antonyms: |
disinclined, independent, opposed, unaccustomed |
| Main Entry: | consume |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | use up |
Synonyms: |
absorb, apply, avail oneself of, deplete, devour, dissipate, dominate, drain, drivel, eat up, employ, engross, exhaust, expend, finish, finish up, fritter away, frivol away, go, go through, have recourse to, lavish, lessen, monopolize, obsess, preoccupy, profit by, put away, put to use, run out of, run through, spend, squander, throw away, trifle, utilize, vanish, wash up, waste, wear out |
Antonyms: |
accumulate, collect, gather, neglect, not use, store |
| Main Entry: | enthusiastic |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | interested, excited |
Synonyms: |
agog, animated, anxious, ardent, athirst, attracted, avid, bugged, concerned, crazy about, devoted, dying to, eager, earnest, ebullient, exhilarated, exuberant, fanatical, fascinated, fervent, fervid, forceful, gaga, gone on, gung ho, hearty, intent, keen, keyed up, lively, nutty, obsessed, passionate, pleased, rabid, red-hot, rhapsodic, spirited, tantalized, thrilled, titillated, unqualified, vehement, vigorous, wacky*, warm, wholehearted, willing, zealous |
Antonyms: |
apathetic, disinterested, doubting, indifferent, lethargic, pessimistic, unenthusiastic, unexcited, weary |
| Main Entry: | fanatical |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | overenthusiastic |
Synonyms: |
biased, bigoted, bugged, burning*, contumacious, credulous, devoted, dogmatic, domineering, enthusiastic, erratic, extreme, fervent, feverish, fiery, frenzied, headstrong, high on, immoderate, impassioned, impulsive, incorrigible, infatuated, mad, monomaniacal, narrow-minded, nuts for, obsessed, obsessive, obstinate, opinionated, partial, partisan, passionate, possessed, prejudiced, rabid, radical, raving, single-minded, stubborn, turned on, unruly, violent, visionary, wild, willful, zealous |
Antonyms: |
disinterested, dispassionate, impartial, unenthusiastic |
| Main Entry: | fixate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | focus |
Synonyms: |
become attached, center on, direct, haunt, infatuate, obsess, rivet one's eyes, zero in on |
| Main Entry: | given to |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | likely to |
Synonyms: |
accustomed, addicted, apt, disposed, habituated, in the habit of, inclined, inured, liable, obsessed, prone |
| Main Entry: | haunt |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | visit as a spirit |
Synonyms: |
agitate, agonize, annoy, appall, appear, be ever present, bedevil, beset, besiege, come back, disquiet, dwell, float, frighten, harass, harrow, hound, hover, infest, inhabit, intrude, madden, manifest, materialize, molest, nettle, obsess, overrun, permeate, pervade, pester, plague, possess, prey on, rack, reappear, recur, return, rise, spook, stay with, tease, terrify, terrorize, torment, trouble, vex, voodoo, walk, weigh on, worry |