Synonyms of manias

manias

noun

plural of mania

as in obsessions

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

• obsessions
• fascinations
• enthusiasms
• problems
• preoccupations
• fixations
• fetishes
• prepossessions
• passions
• idées fixes
• longings
• thirsts
• compulsions
• infatuations
• appetites
• cravings
• hungers
• lusts
• desires
• yearnings
• tendencies
• trips
• complexes
• quirks
• idiosyncrasies
• urges
• itches
• penchants
• monomanias
• drives
• proclivities
• predispositions
• predilections
• hang-ups
• yens
• propensities
• bents
• inclinations
• partialities
• leanings
• cacoëtheses
• dispositions

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• indifferences
• disregards
• apathies
• insouciances
• nonchalances

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of manias

Jonestown afflicted Naipaul’s vision, his way of deciphering not just political manias but the dreariness of urban life, the perpetual doom of the nuclear-arms race. — Hua Hsu, New Yorker, 14 July 2026

The most dangerous manias often form around technologies that really do work. — James Broughel, Forbes.com, 26 May 2026

Legendary billionaire investor Howard Marks, cofounder and cochairman of Oaktree Capital Management, has spent decades navigating financial manias, sea changes in interest rates, and the shifting pendulums of investor psychology. — Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 3 Mar. 2026

The next phase of crypto's growth won't revolve around sleek marketing or speculative manias. — Annabelle Huang, MSNBC Newsweek, 24 Sep. 2025

The reality is that the global network has become a transmission mechanism for all kinds of manias and panics, just as the combination of printing and literacy temporarily increased the prevalence of millenarian sects and witch crazes. — Niall Ferguson, Foreign Affairs, 15 Aug. 2017