fixate

Verb

Meaning

make fixed, stable or stationary

become fixed (on)

pay attention to exclusively and obsessively

attach (oneself) to a person or thing in a neurotic way

Source: WordNet

Synonyms

fix rivet center set put direct focus determine establish join secure attend attract examine adjust

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Antonyms

dodge digress avoid ignore exclude forget

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Hypernyms

attend bond tie bind hang attach

Phrases with the word

fixate on fixate upon

Examples

Even though a high IQ is no guarantee of prosperity, prestige, or happiness in life, our schools and our culture fixate on academic abilities, ignoring the emotional intelligence that also matters immensely for our personal destiny. Daniel Goleman

If I have time to exercise, I do it, but I don't fixate on numbers like weight or waist size. Numbers don't work for me. Deborah Norville

Murder is such a charged word. You know how some people fixate and won't let things go? They're called cops. Tim Dorsey

I don't fixate on other people's opinions of my body. Gabourey Sidibe

It is only as we fixate our eyes-our thoughts-on our future hope in heaven that we will be strengthened and enable to live wisely in this life. Paul Enns

Basically I wake up in the morning and I think everything's going to be great. I'm really kind of optimistic, and I look forward to a new day. I pick up 'The New York Times,' and I look at the front page and realize that once again I'm wrong. I start to fixate on stuff. Lewis Black

Close letter words and terms

fixability fixable fixage fixate on fixate upon fixated