Synonyms of mania

mania

noun

ˈmā-nē-ə 

1

as in dementia

a serious mental disorder that prevents one from living a safe and normal life

that form of mania often manifests itself in excessive and often incoherent talkativeness

Synonyms & Similar Words

• dementia
• insanity
• hysteria
• madness
• schizophrenia
• instability
• paranoia
• rage
• derangement
• lunacy
• frenzy
• aberration
• psychosis
• delusion
• neurosis
• delirium
• obsession
• irrationality
• unreasonableness
• phobia
• hypomania
• abnormality
• monomania
• hallucination
• hallucinosis
• senile dementia
• unsoundness
• dementedness

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• sanity
• mind
• rationality
• lucidity
• saneness
• reasonableness
• normality
• soundness
• reasonability
• rationalness

2

as in obsession

something about which one is constantly thinking or concerned

his wife was baffled and amused by his mania for old comic books

Synonyms & Similar Words

• obsession
• problem
• preoccupation
• fascination
• fixation
• enthusiasm
• fetish
• monomania
• prepossession
• idée fixe
• thirst
• compulsion
• infatuation
• longing
• trip
• craving
• desire
• hunger
• appetite
• complex
• tendency
• yearning
• idiosyncrasy
• lust
• urge
• passion
• quirk
• penchant
• yen
• predisposition
• predilection
• proclivity
• itch
• drive
• propensity
• hang-up
• pining
• inclination
• hankering
• cacoëthes
• disposition
• bent
• partiality
• leaning

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• indifference
• apathy
• disregard
• nonchalance
• insouciance
• unconcern
• disinterestedness
• unconcernedness

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of mania

As World Cup mania reaches its peak ahead of Sunday’s final match between Spain and Argentina, everyone seems to be a soccer fan. — Kase Wickman, Vanity Fair, 17 July 2026

Those anemic numbers help explain the President’s mania for changing the subject to election fraud—laying the groundwork to explain away any losses in November, or, worse, something closer to what Himes warned about. — Ruth Marcus, New Yorker, 17 July 2026

Believe it or not, World Cup mania will soon be at an end—though the tournament’s final match has given us a lot to look forward to. — Emma Specter, Vogue, 15 July 2026

Soccer-mania has hit the Metroplex during the World Cup at AT&T Stadium, and David Beckham, one of the sport’s most famous stars, stopped by a couple of Dallas-Fort Worth staples during his time in town. — Lawrence Dow, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 14 July 2026