Thesaurus / fixed idea
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synonyms for fixed idea
- craving
- craze
- craziness
- enthusiasm
- fad
- fascination
- frenzy
- infatuation
- lunacy
- obsession
- passion
- rage
- aberration
- bee
- bug
- compulsion
- delirium
- derangement
- desire
- disorder
- fancy
- fetish
- furor
- grabber
- hang-up
- insanity
- monomania
- partiality
- preoccupation
- thing
- tiger
- ax to grind
- bee in bonnet
- bug in ear
- idée fixe
- on the brain
- tiger by the tail
- attraction
- compulsion
- fascination
- fixation
- hang-up
- idée fixe
- infatuation
- monomania
- obsession
- passion
- preoccupation
- prepossession
- ruling passion
- single-mindedness
- tunnel vision
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
How to use fixed idea in a sentence
As men fixed in the grip of nightmare, we were powerless—unable to do anything but wait.
GALLIPOLI DIARY, VOLUME IIAN HAMILTONHer eyes, for a moment, fixed themselves with a horrid conviction of a wide and nameless treachery.
THE PASTOR'S FIRE-SIDE VOL. 3 OF 4JANE PORTERThe Princess still kept her eyes fixed on Louis, while, in a suppressed and unsteady voice, she answered her governess.
THE PASTOR'S FIRE-SIDE VOL. 3 OF 4JANE PORTERIf you have any thoughts of influencing me or my men to join the regular Confederate army, you may as well give up the idea.
THE COURIER OF THE OZARKSBYRON A. DUNNHis idea was that there would be ample time later to order a concentration on either wing or on the centre.
NAPOLEON'S MARSHALSR. P. DUNN-PATTISONShe kept her eyes fixed steadily on his, saying what followed gently, calmly, yet as though another woman spoke the words.
THE WAVEALGERNON BLACKWOODI cannot reconcile the idea of a tender Heavenly Father with the known horrors of war, slavery, pestilence, and insanity.
GOD AND MY NEIGHBOURROBERT BLATCHFORDWhile Benjy sat contemplating this creature, and wondering what was to be the end of it all, a bright idea occurred to him.
THE GIANT OF THE NORTHR.M. BALLANTYNEThis was such a ridiculous idea that Davy threw back his head, and laughed long and loud.
DAVY AND THE GOBLINCHARLES E. CARRYL“It looks better than any house around here now, since you fixed it up and painted it,” said Sol.
THE BONDBOYGEORGE W. (GEORGE WASHINGTON) OGDENWORDS RELATED TO FIXED IDEA
- aberration
- ax to grind
- bee
- bee in bonnet
- bug
- bug in ear
- compulsion
- craving
- craze
- craziness
- delirium
- derangement
- desire
- disorder
- enthusiasm
- fad
- fancy
- fascination
- fetish
- fixed idea
- frenzy
- furor
- grabber
- hang-up
- idée fixe
- infatuation
- insanity
- lunacy
- monomania
- obsession
- on the brain
- partiality
- passion
- preoccupation
- rage
- thing
- tiger
- tiger by the tail
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.