Need another word that means the same as “obsession”? Find 12 synonyms and 30 related words for “obsession” in this overview.
The synonyms of “Obsession” are: compulsion, fixation, ruling passion, passion, mania, preoccupation, enthusiasm, infatuation, addiction, fetish, craze, hobby horse
According to the Oxford Dictionary of English, “obsession” as a noun can have the following definitions:
| addiction | (Roman law) a formal award by a magistrate of a thing or person to another person (as the award of a debtor to his creditor); a surrender to a master. Under Roman law addiction was the justification for slavery. |
| compulsion | The action or state of forcing or being forced to do something; constraint. The payment was made under compulsion. |
| craze | A fine crack in a glaze or other surface. The new craze for step aerobics. |
| enthusiasm | Something that arouses enthusiasm. The three enthusiasms of his life were politics religion and books. |
| fetish | An excessive and irrational devotion or commitment to a particular thing. The western fetish for all things North African. |
| fixation | The action of concentrating the eyes directly on something. His work on nitrogen fixation in plants. |
| hobby horse | Small Old World falcon formerly trained and flown at small birds. |
| infatuation | An object of extravagant short-lived passion. I hope this is merely a passing infatuation. |
| mania | A mood disorder; an affective disorder in which the victim tends to respond excessively and sometimes violently. Many people suffering from mania do not think anything is wrong. |
| passion | Something that is desired intensely. Modern furniture is a particular passion of Bill s. |
| preoccupation | The mental state of being preoccupied by something. His preoccupation with politics. |
| ruling passion | The reason for a court’s judgment (as opposed to the decision itself. |
| abduction | The movement of a limb or other part away from the midline of the body, or from another part. They organized the abduction of Mr Cordes on his way to the airport. |
| accusative | A word in the accusative case. Accusative endings. |
| acquisitive | Excessively interested in acquiring money or material things. An acquisitive society in which the craving for material things seems never satisfied. |
| coercion | The act of compelling by force of authority. They didn t have to use coercion. |
| compulsion | Using force to cause something to occur. Though pressed into rugby under compulsion I began to enjoy the game. |
| compulsory | Required by law or a rule; obligatory. Compulsory military service. |
| confinement | The act of restraining of a person’s liberty by confining them. He was immediately released from his confinement. |
| control | Control others or oneself or influence skillfully usually to one s advantage. They wanted to repeal all the legislation that imposed economic controls. |
| disarmament | Act of reducing or depriving of arms. Disarmament treaties between America and the former Soviet Union. |
| dispossess | Deprive (someone) of land, property, or other possessions. They were dispossessed of lands and properties during the Reformation. |
| dotage | The period of life in which a person is old and weak. You could live here and look after me in my dotage. |
| duress | Forcible restraint or imprisonment. Confessions extracted under duress. |
| fetish | A form of sexual desire in which gratification is linked to an abnormal degree to a particular object, item of clothing, part of the body, etc. A man with a fetish for surgical masks. |
| fixation | An obsessive interest in or feeling about someone or something. During the period of total blindness there was a complete absence of visual fixation. |
| force | Urge or force a person to an action constrain or motivate. She forced her diet fads on him. |
| forcible | Done by force. Forcible entry. |
| genitive | A word in the genitive case. The genitive endings. |
| infatuation | An intense but short-lived passion or admiration for someone or something. The thrill of infatuation. |
| infirmity | Physical or mental weakness. Old age and infirmity come to men and women alike. |
| longing | Having or showing a yearning desire. Her longing eyes. |
| morbid | Characterized by an abnormal and unhealthy interest in disturbing and unpleasant subjects, especially death and disease. A morbid growth. |
| pathological | Caused by or evidencing a mentally disturbed condition. A pathological liar. |
| possessive | The possessive case. A possessive parent. |
| preoccupation | The act of taking occupancy before someone else does. His preoccupation with politics. |
| selfish | Concerned chiefly or only with yourself and your advantage to the exclusion of others- Maria Weston Chapman. I joined them for selfish reasons. |
| senile | (of a condition) characteristic of or caused by old age. She couldn t cope with her senile husband. |
| senility | The condition of being senile. The onset of senility. |
| sickness | The feeling or fact of being affected with nausea or vomiting. She felt a wave of sickness wash over her. |
| unrequited | (of a feeling, especially love) not returned. Unrequited unanswered love. |
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