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

Pickleball mania One of the biggest trends right now in Bay Area backyards is a booming demand for pickleball courts. — Kate Bradshaw, Mercury News, 5 July 2026

The couple is also looking forward to seeing the Tall Ships and soaking up the city’s World Cup mania during their stay through mid-July. — Lance Reynolds, Boston Herald, 4 July 2026

This past month, when the entire city was in the grip of basketball mania, my eyes have felt newly refreshed by the abundance of royal blue and traffic-cone orange on the streets. — Sheldon Pearce, New Yorker, 3 July 2026

Rose to $160 billion 7 years later, at peak of the dot com mania. — Dade Hayes, Deadline, 1 July 2026