Need another word that means the same as “infatuated”? Find 9 synonyms and 30 related words for “infatuated” in this overview.
The synonyms of “Infatuated” are: enamored, in love, potty, smitten, soft on, besotted, hopelessly in love, obsessed, taken
According to the Oxford Dictionary of English, “infatuated” as an adjective can have the following definitions:
| besotted | Intoxicated; drunk. He became besotted with a local barmaid. |
| enamored | Marked by foolish or unreasoning fondness. Narcissus was a beautiful Greek youth who became enamored of his own reflection. |
| hopelessly in love | Certain to fail. |
| in love | Directed or bound inward. |
| obsessed | Influenced or controlled by a powerful force such as a strong emotion. Was absolutely obsessed with the girl. |
| smitten | (used in combination) affected by something overwhelming. Conscience smitten. |
| soft on | Soft and mild; not harsh or stern or severe. |
| taken | Be affected with an indisposition. A smile taken as consent. |
| adoring | Showing adoration. Adoring grandparents. |
| affection | A positive feeling of liking. He had trouble expressing the affection he felt. |
| affectionate | Readily feeling or showing fondness or tenderness. His affectionate nature. |
| amatory | Expressive of or exciting sexual love or romance. His amatory exploits. |
| amorous | Expressive of or exciting sexual love or romance. She rejected his amorous advances. |
| attached | Fond and affectionate. He was attached to Military Intelligence. |
| beautiful | Of a very high standard; excellent. A beautiful party. |
| beauty | A beautiful woman. Beauty treatment. |
| benediction | The utterance of a blessing, especially at the end of a religious service. He said the benediction. |
| caring | Displaying kindness and concern for others. A caring and invaluable friend. |
| cherish | Hold (something) dear. He needed a woman he could cherish. |
| decorous | According with custom or propriety. The tete a tete was decorous in the extreme. |
| delicate | A delicate fabric or garment. Owls have a delicate balance with their habitat. |
| doting | Extremely and uncritically fond of someone; adoring. Deceiving her preoccupied and doting husband with a young captain. |
| enamored | Marked by foolish or unreasoning fondness. Narcissus was a beautiful Greek youth who became enamored of his own reflection. |
| enchantingly | In a bewitching manner. |
| fond | (of a hope or belief) foolishly optimistic; naive. Fond of his nephew. |
| lovely | An attractive woman. How lovely to see you. |
| loving | Feeling or showing love or great care. Loving glances. |
| mawkish | Effusively or insincerely emotional. A mawkish ode to parenthood. |
| melodrama | Behaviour or events that resemble melodrama. What little is known of his early life is cloaked in melodrama. |
| obsess | Be preoccupied with something. He was obsessed with the idea of revenge. |
| rendezvous | Meet at a rendezvous. You d be welcome to use this place as a rendezvous. |
| romantic | Relating to or denoting the artistic and literary movement of romanticism. The romantic tradition. |
| sentimental | Given to or marked by sentiment or sentimentality. Sentimental soap operas. |
| sentimentality | Extravagant or affected feeling or emotion. There are passages which verge on sentimentality. |
| smitten | (used in combination) affected by something overwhelming. Conscience smitten. |
| stun | Overcome as with astonishment or disbelief. The news stunned her. |
| tender | Make a tender of in legal settlements. A tender mother. |
| tryst | A secret rendezvous (especially between lovers. A moonlight tryst. |
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