Lucy's innocent crush turned into an obsession.
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Obsession
Synonyms for "obsession" (92 found)
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Closest matches (19)
Strong matches (27)
Related words (46)
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More general
2 entriesSynonyms
4 entriesRelated terms
5 entriesderived
4 entriesetymologically related_to
1 entriesis a
2 entriesrelated to
19 entriesShowing 16 of 19 words.
Translations
82 translations across 34 languages.
Afrikaans
2 entries- obsessie noun (compulsive or irrational preoccupation — see also idée fixe)
- obsessie noun (unhealthy fixation)
Arabic
2 entries- هَوَس noun (state of being obsessed)
- هَوَس noun (compulsive or irrational preoccupation — see also idée fixe)
Bulgarian
2 entries- мания noun (unhealthy fixation)
- натрапчива идея noun (compulsive or irrational preoccupation — see also idée fixe)
Catalan
2 entries- obsessió noun (compulsive or irrational preoccupation — see also idée fixe)
- obsessió noun (unhealthy fixation)
Chinese Mandarin
3 entries- 着迷 noun (unhealthy fixation)
- 著迷 noun (unhealthy fixation)
- 迷住 noun (unhealthy fixation)
Czech
4 entries- obsese noun (compulsive or irrational preoccupation — see also idée fixe)
- obsese noun (unhealthy fixation)
- posedlost noun (compulsive or irrational preoccupation — see also idée fixe)
- posedlost noun (unhealthy fixation)
Danish
3 entries- besættelse noun (unhealthy fixation)
- fiks ide noun (unhealthy fixation)
- tvangstanke noun (compulsive or irrational preoccupation — see also idée fixe)
Dutch
4 entries- bezetenheid noun (compulsive or irrational preoccupation — see also idée fixe)
- dwangvoorstelling noun (unhealthy fixation)
- fixatie noun (unhealthy fixation)
- obsessie noun (compulsive or irrational preoccupation — see also idée fixe)
Finnish
3 entries- pakkomielle noun (compulsive or irrational preoccupation — see also idée fixe)
- pakkomielle noun (unhealthy fixation)
- riippuvuus noun (unhealthy fixation)
French
2 entries- idée fixe noun (compulsive or irrational preoccupation — see also idée fixe)
- obsession noun (unhealthy fixation)
Georgian
4 entries- აკვიატება noun (state of being obsessed)
- აკვიატება noun (compulsive or irrational preoccupation — see also idée fixe)
- აკვიატება noun (unhealthy fixation)
- ობსესია noun (state of being obsessed)
German
3 entries- Besessenheit noun (unhealthy fixation)
- Sucht noun (unhealthy fixation)
- fixe Idee noun (compulsive or irrational preoccupation — see also idée fixe)
Greek
4 entries- εμμονή noun (compulsive or irrational preoccupation — see also idée fixe)
- ιδεοληψία noun (compulsive or irrational preoccupation — see also idée fixe)
- ιδεοληψία noun (unhealthy fixation)
- μανία noun (unhealthy fixation)
Hebrew
1 entries- אובססיה noun (compulsive or irrational preoccupation — see also idée fixe)
Hungarian
4 entries- fixa idea noun (compulsive or irrational preoccupation — see also idée fixe)
- görcsös ragaszkodás noun (unhealthy fixation)
- megszállottság noun (unhealthy fixation)
- mánia noun (unhealthy fixation)
Icelandic
1 entries- þráhyggja noun (compulsive or irrational preoccupation — see also idée fixe)
Italian
2 entries- fissa noun (unhealthy fixation)
- ossessione noun (compulsive or irrational preoccupation — see also idée fixe)
Japanese
1 entries- 妄想 noun (unhealthy fixation)
Latvian
1 entries- apsēstība noun (compulsive or irrational preoccupation — see also idée fixe)
Māori
3 entries- hemonga noun (compulsive or irrational preoccupation — see also idée fixe)
- unuora noun (unhealthy fixation)
- whakamaimoa noun (compulsive or irrational preoccupation — see also idée fixe)
Norwegian Bokmål
2 entries- besettelse noun (compulsive or irrational preoccupation — see also idée fixe)
- besettelse noun (unhealthy fixation)
Persian
1 entries- وسواس noun (compulsive or irrational preoccupation — see also idée fixe)
Plautdietsch
1 entries- Besätenheit noun (compulsive or irrational preoccupation — see also idée fixe)
Polish
4 entries- obsesja noun (compulsive or irrational preoccupation — see also idée fixe)
- obsesja noun (unhealthy fixation)
- obsesjonalność noun (state of being obsessed)
- obsesyjność noun (state of being obsessed)
Portuguese
2 entries- obsessão noun (compulsive or irrational preoccupation — see also idée fixe)
- obsessão noun (unhealthy fixation)
Romanian
2 entries- idee fixă noun (compulsive or irrational preoccupation — see also idée fixe)
- obsesie noun (compulsive or irrational preoccupation — see also idée fixe)
Russian
4 entries- заци́кленность noun (unhealthy fixation)
- иде́я-фикс noun (compulsive or irrational preoccupation — see also idée fixe)
- ма́ния noun (unhealthy fixation)
- навя́зчивая иде́я noun (compulsive or irrational preoccupation — see also idée fixe)
Scottish Gaelic
2 entries- beò-ghlacadh noun (compulsive or irrational preoccupation — see also idée fixe)
- beò-ghlacadh noun (unhealthy fixation)
Serbo-Croatian
1 entries- opsednutost noun (compulsive or irrational preoccupation — see also idée fixe)
Spanish
2 entries- obsesión noun (compulsive or irrational preoccupation — see also idée fixe)
- obsesión noun (unhealthy fixation)
Swedish
2 entries- besatthet noun (compulsive or irrational preoccupation — see also idée fixe)
- besatthet noun (unhealthy fixation)
Tagalog
1 entries- himaling noun (compulsive or irrational preoccupation — see also idée fixe)
Turkish
1 entries- takıntı noun (unhealthy fixation)
Ukrainian
1 entries- одержи́мість noun (state of being obsessed)
Sample sentences
14 total sentences available.
You are my obsession.
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The truly wise people usually lack the obsession.
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I suggest that you start a behavioral therapy in order to cure yourself of your obsession with comas.
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Showing 4 of 14 available sentences.
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Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.