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infatuation
| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | fixation; consumption with belief, desire |
| Synonyms: | attraction, ax to grind, bug in ear, case*, complex, compulsion, concrete idea, craze*, crush, delusion, enthusiasm, fancy, fascination, fetish, hang-up, idée fixe, infatuation, mania, monkey*, must, neurosis, one-track mind, passion, phantom, phobia, preoccupation, something on the brain, thing*, tiger by the tail |
| Antonyms: | indifference |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | passion |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | adoration, love |
| Synonyms: | affection, amorousness, amour, appetite, ardor, attachment, concupiscence, craving, crush*, desire, emoting, eroticism, excitement, fondness, infatuation, keenness, lust, prurience, urge, weakness, yen |
| Antonyms: | dislike, hate, hatred |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | passion |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | strong interest |
| Synonyms: | craving, craze, drive, enthusiasm, fad*, fancy, fascination, idol, infatuation, jazz, mania, obsession |
| Antonyms: | indifference |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | yearning |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | desire |
| Synonyms: | ache, ambition, appetite, aspiration, craving, craze, eagerness, fancy, fascination, hankering*, hunger, infatuation, liking, longing, love, need, passion, thirst, urge, want |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | idolatry |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | extreme devotion |
| Synonyms: | adulation, fervor, hero worship, infatuation |
| Main Entry: | idée fixe |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | fixed idea |
| Synonyms: | compulsion, fetish, fixation, infatuation, irresistible impulse, mania, monomania, obsession, obsessive compulsion, one-track mind, preoccupation |
| Main Entry: | puppy love |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | adolescent love |
| Synonyms: | calf love, crush, dawn of love, first love, infatuation, young love |
| Main Entry: | heartthrob |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | object of infatuation |
| Synonyms: | beauty, flame, honey, infatuation, sweetheart |
| Main Entry: | idolization |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | adoration |
| Synonyms: | admiration, amore, ardor, attachment, crush, devotion, esteem, estimation, exaltation, glorification, hankering, honor, idolatry, infatuation, pash, passion, puppy love, reverence, shine*, veneration, weakness*, worship, worshipping, yen* |
* = informal/non-formal usage
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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