Synonyms of paranoia

paranoia

noun

as in anxiety

a feeling that one does not know the whole truth or that someone else is not being truthful

Each half of the unhappy couple was constantly wracked with paranoia that the other was cheating.

Related Words

• anxiety
• concern
• suspicion
• disbelief
• doubt
• wariness
• uncertainty
• incredulity
• distrust
• mistrust
• skepticism
• unbelief
• tremor
• incertitude
• reservation
• qualm
• misgiving
• dubiety
• compunction
• dubitation
• mistrustfulness
• query
• distrustfulness
• misdoubt
• scruple
• niggle

Dissimilar Words

• belief
• trust
• confidence
• conviction
• certainty
• assurance
• surety
• faith
• certitude
• sureness
• credence

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of paranoia

But on this night, three weeks after the birth of CHOP, the air is filled not with songs, chants and demands for justice, but with paranoia, menace, gunshots. — Sydney Brownstone, NPR, 2 Aug. 2026

Cady turns their lives into a trap of paranoia and, indeed, fear, while procuring plausible deniability to avoid consequences. — Carlos Aguilar, Los Angeles Times, 31 July 2026

The case has prompted some mothers to share their own stories on social media of hallucinations, paranoia and suicidal thoughts after childbirth. — Charles Trepany, USA Today, 30 July 2026

In June 2025, Lopez, while experiencing paranoia after using methamphetamine and believing intruders were trying to break into his Arlington apartment, fired the gunshots into his neighbor’s home, the DA’s office said. — Shambhavi Rimal, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 29 July 2026