Synonyms of neuroses

neuroses

noun

plural of neurosis

as in dementias

medical an emotional illness in which a person experiences strong feelings of fear or worry

The patient is clearly suffering from a neurosis.

Related Words

• dementias
• psychoses
• schizophrenias
• instabilities
• phobias
• hysterias
• insanities
• manias
• aberrations
• derangements
• rages
• deliriums
• irrationalities
• frenzies
• paranoias
• delusions
• lunacies
• obsessions
• hallucinations
• hallucinoses
• abnormalities
• senile dementias
• hypomanias
• monomanias

Dissimilar Words

• rationalities
• lucidities
• normalities
• minds
• reasonabilities

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of neuroses

Wever plays Andie Bender, a Dateline NBC producer who attempts to keep the show on its upward ratings trajectory while constantly fielding the neuroses of its host, Chris Hansen (Robert Pattinson). — Ct Jones, Rolling Stone, 25 Sep. 2026

Their bond deepens with the wry neuroses and gradually dropped defenses of many a midlife romantic comedy, though Parkinson’s complicates matters in unusual, empathetically explored ways. — Guy Lodge, Variety, 17 Sep. 2026

Wonders is also terrific, a ball of neuroses and repression, envious of Elliot’s exploits. — ABC News, 29 July 2026

Think back to the images of our dying planet in Interstellar, or the apocalyptic neuroses that course through Oppenheimer. — Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 17 July 2026

Writer-director Ari Aster interrogates not just the social and political turmoil of COVID-19, but also the way social media can exacerbate that unraveling of collective neuroses. — Brianna Zigler, Entertainment Weekly, 15 July 2026

Jordan Harper’s new novel proves that noir can still channel the crises and neuroses of the moment, Carolyn Kellogg writes. — Will Gottsegen, The Atlantic, 10 July 2026

Those traits historically idolized as feminine frailties (or diagnosed as feminine neuroses) are here reenvisioned as sources of extraordinary talent. — Caroline Lillian Schopp, Artforum, 13 May 2026

Ruben Amorim had spent the previous year slowly folding in on himself, making his own neuroses institutional. — Carl Anka, New York Times, 3 May 2026