Synonyms of amnesia

amnesia

noun

as in blindness

a condition in which a person is unable to remember things because of head injury, shock, illness, or fatigue

The concussion left him with amnesia, and he couldn't remember how he had gotten hurt.

Related Words

• blindness
• forgetfulness
• unconsciousness
• oblivion
• ignorance
• obliviousness
• unawareness
• unfamiliarity
• nirvana
• innocence
• absorption
• preoccupation
• absentmindedness
• insensibility
• inattention
• abstraction
• nescience
• inattentiveness
• incognizance

Dissimilar Words

• memory
• recollection
• recall
• consciousness
• awareness
• remembrance
• cognizance
• alertness

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of amnesia

Over the movie’s opening weekend in theaters, however, audiences showed no such amnesia. — Chris Lee, Vulture, 3 Aug. 2026

When his first love—a sharp prosecutor named Go Eun-sae (Ha Young)—suffers amnesia following a sudden accident, Tae-ha claims to be her boyfriend to protect her from the dangerous crime syndicate pursuing her. — Hannah Abraham, Forbes.com, 1 Aug. 2026

All the more fitting, then, that amnesia is the central theme in Ariana Grande’s Eternal Sunshine Tour, under way this summer. — Mitch Therieau, New Yorker, 1 Aug. 2026

According to Kevin Gaston and Masashi Soga—a pair of academics who have researched the phenomenon more than anyone else—environmental amnesia is a universal phenomenon. — Literary Hub, 15 July 2026