PARANOIDAL Synonyms: 57 Similar and Opposite Words

paranoid

adjective

variants also paranoidal

as in worried

having extreme or unreasonable fear or suspicion He was paranoid about break-ins and insisted on checking the locks himself every night.

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Recent Examples of paranoid The series’ first real twist is that the paranoid conspiracy Rachel imagines is in fact a bait-and-switch for what’s going on here. —

Louis Peitzman, Vulture, 27 Mar. 2026 Three people told the Washington Examiner that Scott had become paranoid that Lewandowski was spying on him through his work phone and had bugged his office. —

Anna Giaritelli, The Washington Examiner, 27 Mar. 2026 Dark, eerie, and paranoid (for good reason), the eight-episode season shifts back and forth from the casual grimness of an unwelcoming reality to the shocking frights of a stoner’s worst nightmare (the latter of which is shrewdly motivated by Rachel regularly smoking pot). —

Ben Travers, IndieWire, 26 Mar. 2026 That’s perhaps for the best, given the ongoing discussions surrounding AI psychosis, a troubling trend that has caused an alarming wave of mental health crises as the tech coaxes some users into spirals of paranoid and delusional behavior. —

Victor Tangermann, Futurism, 26 Mar. 2026 See All Example Sentences for paranoid

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That has industry insiders across the spectrum — from creatives and crew members to the highest of the C-suites — worried about the overall health of the entertainment sector.

— Cynthia Littleton, Variety, 16 Apr. 2026
But Mulligan was worried that some of the obscenities felt too American.

— Seija Rankin, HollywoodReporter, 16 Apr. 2026