Synonyms of schizophrenia

schizophrenia

noun

as in dementia

technical a very serious mental illness in which someone cannot think or behave normally and often experiences delusions

Related Words

• dementia
• psychosis
• paranoia
• neurosis
• hallucinosis
• hypomania
• mania
• insanity
• instability
• madness
• aberration
• delirium
• derangement
• irrationality
• hysteria
• lunacy
• unreasonableness
• frenzy
• senile dementia
• rage
• delusion
• hallucination
• obsession
• phobia
• abnormality
• monomania
• unsoundness
• dementedness

Dissimilar Words

• rationality
• lucidity
• reasonableness
• normality
• soundness
• reasonability
• mind
• sanity
• rationalness
• saneness

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of schizophrenia

Other therapies focus on teaching strategies to better understand the emotions and motivations of others and help people with schizophrenia avoid jumping to negative conclusions. — Matthew Kurtz, The Conversation, 20 Aug. 2026

The argument against inclusion is that there are not enough consistent studies to determine whether postpartum psychosis is part of an underlying mental health issue such as bipolar disorder or schizophrenia. — Deborah Becker, NPR, 16 Aug. 2026

Four days after the arrest, sources confirmed to Rolling Stone that Nick had been treated for schizophrenia before the shocking double homicide. — Nancy Dillon, Rolling Stone, 12 Aug. 2026

In the last three decades, as involuntary outpatient treatment for people with serious mental health conditions like schizophrenia have expanded to almost every state, the evidence for these programs’ efficacy has remained murky. — O. Rose Broderick, STAT, 4 Aug. 2026