monomaniac

Examples

• All

• The artist was a monomaniac about her painting, spending hours on a single canvas without taking breaks.

• Despite his many talents, he has become a monomaniac focused solely on his latest invention.

• I thought he must be a kind of monomaniac.

  Fiction book (1995)

• You are a bit of a monomaniac, aren't you?

  Blog text (12)

• He often repeated, with approval, a friend's characterization of him as "the only monomaniac with several manias."

  Academic text (2004)

• Many considered him a monomaniac for his intense dedication to studying ancient history.

Synonyms

M

maniac

vsmonomaniac

• Offensive

78 6.8

A person who likes something so much it seems extreme

centres obsession on one subject to the exclusion of others

A

addict

vsmonomaniac

• Informal

37 4.7

A person who likes an activity very much and spends a lot of time doing it

is specific to one idea rather than general strong interest

F

fiend

vsmonomaniac

• Informal

35 7.5

A person who loves something and spends a lot of time on it

restricts concern to a single idea and ignores other concerns

O

obsessive

vsmonomaniac

1 6.5

A person who thinks about one thing too much in a way that harms them

focuses on one single subject and excludes other interests

O

obsessor

vsmonomaniac

8.1

A person who thinks about one thing too much

keeps attention narrowly on a single subject rather than many

J

junky

vsmonomaniac

• Slang

7.9

A person who is very interested in one thing, like games or news

means fixation on a solitary subject excluding other activities

How Obsessed

monomaniac

• Archaic

1 9.9

obsessive

1 6.5

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