Definition for Obsession:

• Demoniacal possession.

Synonyms for Obsession:

• n.

  •
  • element,
  • priority,
  • essence,
  • key,
  • staple,
  • feature,
  • basis,
  • burning issue/question,
  • core.
  •
  • defense,
  • catharsis,
  • fixated,
  • thing,
  • concern,
  • damage,
  • fetish,
  • conditioning,
  • exorcism,
  • defense mechanism.
  •addiction (noun)
  • fixation,
  • dependence,
  • enslavement,
  • shot*,
  • hook,
  • kick*,
  • bag*,
  • craving,
  • bent,
  • inclination,
  • sweet tooth.
  •blind spot (noun)
  • tunnel vision.
  •complex (noun)
  • insanity,
  • repression,
  • fear,
  • exaggerated reaction,
  • fixed idea,
  • anxiety,
  • a thing about something.
  •compulsion (noun)
  • duress,
  • coercion,
  • drive,
  • duty,
  • urgency,
  • demand,
  • have on the brain,
  • constraint,
  • necessity,
  • driving,
  • tiger by the tail,
  • urge,
  • prepossession,
  • need,
  • engrossment,
  • exigency,
  • force,
  • pressure,
  • Exigencies.
  •fascination (noun)
  • lure,
  • spell,
  • charm,
  • enchantment,
  • witchcraft,
  • sorcery,
  • piquancy,
  • glamour,
  • allure,
  • power,
  • charisma,
  • magic,
  • trance,
  • magnetism,
  • pull*,
  • appeal,
  • bug*,
  • enthrallment.
  •fear (noun)
  • phobia.
  •fixation (noun)
  • delusion,
  • attraction,
  • phantom,
  • craze,
  • fancy,
  • hang up.
  •fixation; consumption with belief, desire (noun)
  • case.
  •habit (noun)
  • consuetude,
  • fashion,
  • make-ups,
  • gravitation,
  • manner,
  • impulsion,
  • Habits,
  • disposition,
  • rule,
  • proneness,
  • wont,
  • fixed attitude,
  • custom,
  • constitution,
  • mannerism,
  • weakness,
  • habitude,
  • susceptibility,
  • groove,
  • bias,
  • usage,
  • quirk,
  • make-up,
  • pattern,
  • nature,
  • impulsions,
  • rut,
  • frame of mind,
  • use,
  • convention,
  • wonts,
  • mode,
  • praxis,
  • routine,
  • penchant,
  • persuasion,
  • Assuetude,
  • hangup,
  • style,
  • predisposition,
  • set,
  • turn,
  • propensity,
  • proclivity,
  • second nature,
  • way.
  •hang-up (noun)
  • impasse,
  • block,
  • restraint,
  • reserve,
  • difficulty,
  • disturbance,
  • problem,
  • dilemma,
  • predicament,
  • inhibition.
  •hobby (noun)
  • interest,
  • whim,
  • diversion,
  • amusement,
  • labor of love,
  • whimsy,
  • vagary,
  • distraction,
  • play,
  • quest,
  • game,
  • fun,
  • shot,
  • craft,
  • sport,
  • art,
  • avocation,
  • specialty,
  • occupation,
  • relaxation,
  • fad*.
  •idée fixe (noun)
  • idee-fixe,
  • irresistible impulses,
  • obsessive compulsions.
  •mania (noun)
  • bee,
  • frenzy,
  • tiger,
  • dementia,
  • fad,
  • furor,
  • delirium,
  • lunacy,
  • aberration,
  • derangement,
  • craziness,
  • disorder,
  • partiality.
  •neurosis (noun)
  • deviation,
  • mental illness,
  • affliction,
  • madness,
  • instability,
  • abnormality,
  • breakdown,
  • hysteria.
  •obsession (noun)
  • something on the brain,
  • crush,
  • case*,
  • monkey*,
  • enthusiasm,
  • concrete idea,
  • thing*,
  • must,
  • craze*,
  • ax to grind.
  •one-track mind (noun)
  • single mindedness,
  • single mindednesses,
  • onetrack mind,
  • ruling passions,
  • single-mindednesses,
  • one track mind,
  • singlemindednesses.
  •phobia (noun)
  • dis taste,
  • dis-taste,
  • dis tastes,
  • dis-gusts,
  • dis-tastes,
  • dis-gust,
  • dis gust,
  • thing abouts,
  • dis gusts.
  •preoccupation (noun)
  • pre-occupation,
  • pre-occupations,
  • pre occupations,
  • pre occupation.
  •rage (noun)
  • hysterics,
  • wingding,
  • wrath,
  • ravings,
  • ferocities,
  • wingdings,
  • ferocity,
  • up set,
  • hysteric.
  •requirement/requisite (noun)
  • pre requisites,
  • pre condition,
  • ex actions,
  • pre-condition,
  • ex-actions,
  • pro-visos,
  • pre conditions,
  • pro visos,
  • pro viso,
  • pro visions,
  • pro-viso,
  • pro-vision,
  • ex action,
  • pro vision,
  • ex-action,
  • pro-visions.
  •tunnel vision (noun)
  • constricted visions,
  • Myopias,
  • shortsightednesses,
  • narrowmindednesses,
  • narrow outlooks,
  • tunnel-vision.

• Other synonyms:

  •
  • megalomania,
  • desire.
  •
  • requirement.
  •addiction
  • monkey.
  •captivation
  • infatuation.
  •dependence
  • addiction.
  •zeal
  • fanaticism.

Paraphrases for Obsession:

• Equivalence

  • Noun, singular or mass
    mania.

• Independent

  • Noun, singular or mass
    insistence, addiction, fascination, persistence, tenacity.

• Other Related

  • Noun, singular or mass
    fixation, obsessive, passion, obstinacy, fetish, fantasy, craze, madness, concern.

Antonyms for Obsession:

• n.

  • compulsion
    independence, license, liberty, free will, freedom.
  • fascination
    disinterest, boredom.
  • fixation; consumption with belief, desire
    hatred, reality, hate, dislike.
  • hobby
    profession, vocation, work.
  • neurosis
    adjustment, balance, sanity.
  • obsession
    indifference.

Obsession Sentence Examples:

• Passionate, impulsive, and often unreasonable, his mind was singularly well - balanced and never before had it succumbed to obsession.

• He went on: " It becomes, my dear, I assure you - the idea of that possibility becomes absolutely an obsession - even to a man usually quite his own master -" They were almost at a standstill now, and the two in front of them had reached the house.

Hypernym for Obsession:

• n.

  • motive
    onomatomania.

Hyponym for Obsession:

• n.

  • motive
    irrational motive.