OBSESSES Synonyms: 34 Similar and Opposite Words

obsesses

verb

present tense third-person singular of obsess

as in attracts

to hold one's attention to an extreme degree The TV show obsessed me so much that I was up all night watching.

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Recent Examples of obsesses Business rightly obsesses over a leader's ability to create enterprise value over time. — Julian Hayes Ii, Forbes.com, 25 July 2026 Today, the media obsesses over the thoughts and fall-outs of AI visionaries like Altman and Amodei. — Michael Muthukrishna, Fortune, 23 July 2026 As the world obsesses over AI, pumping endless time and money into the next revolution, the obsessions and revolutions of the past are still there lingering — and some might finally be ready to flower away from the spotlight. — Evan Clark, Footwear News, 10 July 2026 And when one of them goes missing in the dead of night, they're thrust into a propulsive mystery pulled straight from the true-crime podcasts Sybil obsesses over. — Danielle Parker, CBS News, 30 June 2026 Tullman also hired Bre Smith as his executive vice president, an artist in her own right but also a veteran of hospitality at the Ritz-Carlton Marina del Rey and elsewhere, and a woman with a hefty budget who obsesses over everything from the flatware to the level of customer service. — Chris Jones, Chicago Tribune, 7 Apr. 2026 While the market obsesses over chips, the real story is Nvidia's 'five-layer stack' designed to squeeze hyperscaler margins and lock-in the generation of agentic AI. — Fred Imbert, CNBC, 15 Mar. 2026 Trump obsesses over bloodlines too. — Daniel Engber, The Atlantic, 22 Feb. 2026 The narrator cries, rages, longs for the living body and the lively boy, and obsesses over painful details, especially the bleak journey by sea that brought the remains of his beloved friend back home. — Kathryn Schulz, New Yorker, 9 Feb. 2026

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Protesters took to the streets hours after the shooting, disrupting a popular Wisconsin Chamber Orchestra outdoor concert at the state Capitol that attracts about 30,000 every week in the summer.

— Scott Bauer, Chicago Tribune, 25 July 2026
Yttrium attracts attention Yttrium emerged as one of Diamond Creek’s strongest features, with concentrations commonly ranging from 800 ppm to 2,000 ppm.

— Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 24 July 2026

Definition of attracts

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But the skillful way in which they are woven together belies the efforts that went into telling this story, and Lovely Reader, this dedication to quality fascinates me.

— Rachel Elspeth Gross, Forbes.com, 10 July 2026
There is something magical about a firefly that fascinates young and old alike.

— Mary Marlowe Leverette, Southern Living, 6 June 2026

Definition of fascinates

Verb

Pushing Content That Doesn’t Interest The Audience New marketers often lead social posts with company news, product features or promotional content without considering what interests their audience.

— Expert Panel®, Forbes.com, 20 July 2026
What’s underneath Beulah and what’s really driving her is what interests me.

— Jackie Strause, HollywoodReporter, 7 July 2026