The Oxford Thesaurus An A-Z Dictionary of Synonyms INTRO ...

craving, desire, cacoethes, Colloq fad, yen: By that time, the
hula hoop mania had died down. She has a mania for collecting
apostle spoons. 2 madness, lunacy, insanity, dementia,
derangement, hysteria, Technical manic disorder: The
psychiatrists diagnosed his problem as a mania.
maniac n. 1 madman, madwoman, lunatic, psychopath, psychotic, Colloq
crackpot, Slang nut, Brit nutter, loony, US kook: In former
times, maniacs were scorned and maltreated. 2 fanatic, fan,
enthusiast, zealot, Slang freak, fiend: Since his retirement,
he has become a golf maniac.
maniacal adj. 1 manic, maniac, insane, lunatic, mad, demented, deranged,
hysterical, mentally ill, of unsound mind, non compos mentis,
psychotic: He had to be hospitalized because of his maniacal
behaviour. 2 hysterical, berserk, wild, crazy, Slang loony:
His maniacal outbursts frightened us.
manifest adj. 1 apparent, clear, evident, obvious, plain, patent,
blatant, conspicuous, unmistakable or unmistakeable,
discernible, recognizable, comprehensible, distinct, palpable,
definite, explicit, unambiguous, unquestionable, indubitable,
indisputable: He lost his job because of his manifest
dishonesty.
--v. 2 show, demonstrate, exhibit, evince, reveal, disclose,
display, betray; express, declare: Fitzsimmons had been
manifesting signs of dissatisfaction with his assignment. 3
prove, corroborate, substantiate, attest: His distaste for
cauliflower was manifested by the look on his face.
manifestation
n. display, exhibition, demonstration, show, disclosure,
appearance, exposure, presentation, sign, indication, mark,
expression, example, instance; declaration, avowal, publication,
announcement: The police feared that the crime wave was a
manifestation of civil unrest. The first manifestation of
thought is speech.
manifestly
adv. evidently, clearly, obviously, plainly, apparently,
patently, unmistakably or unmistakeably, palpably,
unquestionably, indubitably, undoubtedly, indisputably: The