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obsession - 19 thesaurus results
Main Entry: obsession
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: fixation; consumption with belief, desire
Synonyms: attraction, ax to grind*, case*, complex, compulsion, craze*, crush, delusion, enthusiasm, fancy, fascination, fetish, hang-up*, idée fixe, infatuation, mania, monkey*, must, neurosis, one-track mind*, passion, phantom, phobia, preoccupation, thing*, bug in ear, concrete idea, something on the brain, tiger by the tail
Antonyms: indifference
Main Entry: addiction
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: a habit of activity, often injurious
Synonyms: bag*, bent, craving, enslavement, fixation, hang-up*, hook, inclination, kick*, monkey*, obsession, shot*, sweet tooth*, thing*, dependence, jones, monkey on back
Notes: addiction is mainly physical while dependency is mostly psychological
Main Entry: compulsion
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: drive, obligation
Synonyms: coercion, constraint, demand, drive, driving, duress, duty, exigency, force, hang-up, monkey*, necessity, need, obsession, preoccupation, pressure, urge, urgency, engrossment, have on the brain, prepossession, tiger by the tail
Antonyms: free will, freedom, independence, liberty, license
Main Entry: fascination
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: strong interest
Synonyms: allure, appeal, attraction, bug*, charisma, charm, enchantment, glamour, hang-up*, lure, magic, magnetism, obsession, piquancy, power, pull*, sorcery, spell, thing*, trance, witchcraft, enthrallment, grabber, thing for, witchery
Antonyms: boredom, disinterest
Main Entry: hang-up
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: preoccupation
Synonyms: block, difficulty, dilemma, disturbance, impasse, inhibition, obsession, predicament, problem, reserve, restraint, thing
Main Entry: hobby
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: pleasurable pastime
Synonyms: amusement, art, avocation, bag*, craft, craze, distraction, diversion, fad*, fancy, fun, game, interest, kick*, labor of love*, obsession, occupation, play, quest, relaxation, shot, sideline, specialty, sport, thing*, vagary, weakness, whim, whimsy, divertissement, favorite occupation, leisure activity, leisure pursuit, pet topic, schtick
Antonyms: profession, vocation, work
Main Entry: mania
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: fixation, madness
Synonyms: aberration, ax to grind*, bee*, bug*, compulsion, craving, craze, delirium, dementia, derangement, desire, disorder, enthusiasm, fad, fancy, fascination, fetish, frenzy, furor, hang-up*, idée fixe, infatuation, insanity, lunacy, obsession, partiality, passion, preoccupation, rage, thing, tiger*, bee in bonnet, bug in ear, craziness, fixed idea, grabber, monomania, on the brain, tiger by the tail
Main Entry: neurosis
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: mental disturbance, disorder
Synonyms: aberration, abnormality, affliction, breakdown, compulsion, derangement, deviation, hysteria, inhibition, insanity, instability, madness, mental illness, obsession, phobia, crack-up, maladjustment, neurasthenia, personality disorder, psychological disorder, psychopathy
Antonyms: adjustment, balance, sanity
Main Entry: one-track mind
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: mind set on one idea
Synonyms: attraction, compulsion, fascination, fixation, hang-up*, idée fixe, infatuation, obsession, passion, preoccupation, tunnel vision, fixed idea, monomania, prepossession, ruling passion, single-mindedness
Main Entry: phobia
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: fear
Synonyms: anxiety, aversion, avoidance, awe, detestation, disgust, dislike, distaste, dread, fear, hang-up*, hatred, horror, loathing, neurosis, obsession, repulsion, resentment, revulsion, terror, thing*, irrationality, thing about
Antonyms: liking, love
Main Entry: infatuation
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: captivation
Synonyms: crush*, desire, fascination, love, obsession, passion, puppy love*
Main Entry: idée fixe
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: fixed idea
Synonyms: compulsion, fetish, fixation, infatuation, mania, obsession, one-track mind, preoccupation, irresistible impulse, monomania, obsessive compulsion
Main Entry: tunnel vision
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: blind spot
Synonyms: blind side, fixation, obsession, one-track mind, blinders, constricted vision, monomania, myopia, narrow outlook, narrowmindedness, shortsightedness
Main Entry: habit
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: tendency, practice
Synonyms: addiction, bent, bias, constitution, convention, custom, disposition, fashion, fixation, frame of mind*, gravitation, groove, inclination, manner, mannerism, mode, nature, obsession, pattern, penchant, persuasion, praxis, predisposition, proclivity, propensity, quirk, routine, rule, rut, second nature*, set, style, susceptibility, thing*, turn, usage, use, way, weakness, wont, assuetude, consuetude, dependence, fixed attitude, habitude, hangup, impulsion, make-up, proneness
Main Entry: complex
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: psychological problem
Synonyms: anxiety, fear, fixation, hang-up*, idée fixe, insanity, mania, neurosis, obsession, phobia, preoccupation, repression, a thing about something, exaggerated reaction, fixed idea
Main Entry: passion
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: strong interest
Synonyms: craving, craze, drive, enthusiasm, fad*, fancy, fascination, idol, infatuation, jazz*, mania, obsession
Antonyms: indifference
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