Synonyms of paranoia

paranoia

noun

as in anxiety

a feeling that one does not know the whole truth or that someone else is not being truthful

Each half of the unhappy couple was constantly wracked with paranoia that the other was cheating.

Synonyms & Similar Words

• anxiety
• concern
• suspicion
• disbelief
• doubt
• wariness
• uncertainty
• incredulity
• distrust
• mistrust
• skepticism
• unbelief
• tremor
• incertitude
• reservation
• qualm
• misgiving
• dubiety
• compunction
• dubitation
• mistrustfulness
• query
• distrustfulness
• misdoubt
• scruple
• niggle

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• belief
• trust
• confidence
• conviction
• certainty
• assurance
• surety
• faith
• certitude
• sureness
• credence

Examples of paranoia in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

With family members texting, emailing, Facetiming, and calling each other throughout like a digital British farce, the humor elevates what could have been a gimmick into a loving spoof of how all these devices can feed into parental paranoia. —Tanya Melendez, EW.com, 29 Sep. 2024

Schizophrenia affects how a person thinks, feels and behaves, and can cause paranoia, delusions, hallucinations, and changes in emotions, movements and behavior. —Annika Kim Constantino, CNBC, 26 Sep. 2024

The new production depicts the Danish city of Elsinore as a hellish surveillance state, where paranoia and corruption plagues the reign of Prince Hamlet and Ophelia. —Madison Bloom, Pitchfork, 25 Sep. 2024

As the two develop a strangely deep connection, Shoo is consumed by the old woman’s paranoia, rituals, and superstitions, eventually confronting the horrors from her own past. —Alex Ritman, Variety, 10 Oct. 2024