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

Jonathan Taylor Thomas, for example, left Home Improvement at the peak of teen-idol mania to focus on his education. — Jp Mangalindan, Entertainment Weekly, 24 Aug. 2026

Postpartum psychosis is a rare but serious medical emergency characterized by severe, rapid onset psychiatric episodes such as mania, depression, delusions or hallucinations. — Peter Charalambous, ABC News, 17 Aug. 2026

Symptoms include anxiety, hypervigilance, confusion and mania, and taking on activities that might be considered strange. — Deborah Becker, NPR, 16 Aug. 2026

People who report a history of sleep loss that triggers mania are much more likely to develop postpartum psychosis, and a person with a previous experience with postpartum psychosis is more likely to have it again. — Jen Christensen, CNN Money, 13 Aug. 2026