264 synonyms found

Pronunciation:

[ ɒbsˈɛsɪv], [ ɒbsˈɛsɪv], [ ɒ_b_s_ˈɛ_s_ɪ_v]

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Similar words for obsessive:

• addictive (adjective)
• compulsive (adjective)
• egotistic (adjective)
• egotistic/egoistic (adjective)
• fanatical (adjective)
• feverish (adjective)
• frenetic (adjective)
• haunting (adjective)
• neurotic (adjective)
• other relevant words (adjective)
• self-involved (adjective)
• self-serving (adjective)
• swellheaded (adjective)
• other synonyms
• other relevant words (noun)

How to use "obsessive" in context?

Paraphrases for obsessive

Hyponyms for obsessive

Synonyms for Obsessive:

• adj.

  • addictive (adjective)
  • hooking,
  • Enslaving,
  • obsessive.
  • compulsive (adjective)
  • fanatic,
  • preoccupied,
  • addicted,
  • fixated,
  • compulsive.
  • egotistic (adjective)
  • inborn,
  • ingrained,
  • inherent,
  • idiosyncratic,
  • egotistical,
  • egoistical.
  • egotistic/egoistic (adjective)
  • introverted,
  • aloof,
  • boastful,
  • inner-directed,
  • stuck-up,
  • superior,
  • proud,
  • bragging,
  • self-absorbed,
  • egomaniacal,
  • pompous,
  • puffed up,
  • conceited,
  • self-centered,
  • autocratic,
  • snobbish,
  • intrinsic,
  • self-important,
  • prideful,
  • affected,
  • inflated,
  • haughty,
  • vainglorious,
  • narcissistic,
  • subjective,
  • individualistic,
  • swollen,
  • vain,
  • personal,
  • egocentric,
  • intimate,
  • opinionated,
  • isolated,
  • boasting.
  • fanatical (adjective)
  • mad,
  • single-minded,
  • domineering,
  • extreme,
  • nuts for,
  • incorrigible,
  • infatuated,
  • partisan,
  • headstrong,
  • immoderate,
  • zealous,
  • obstinate,
  • biased,
  • unruly,
  • erratic,
  • enthusiastic,
  • impulsive,
  • fervent,
  • impassioned,
  • passionate,
  • monomaniacal,
  • contumacious,
  • willful,
  • radical,
  • violent,
  • prejudiced,
  • bigoted,
  • rabid,
  • visionary,
  • stubborn,
  • turned on,
  • possessed,
  • wild,
  • dogmatic,
  • fiery,
  • devoted,
  • credulous,
  • obsessed,
  • partial,
  • bugged,
  • raving,
  • narrow-minded,
  • frenzied.
  • feverish (adjective)
  • furious,
  • hectic,
  • high-strung,
  • frantic,
  • distracted,
  • fevered,
  • fervid,
  • overwrought,
  • impatient,
  • restless,
  • heated,
  • burning,
  • nervous.
  • frenetic (adjective)
  • phrenetic,
  • Corybantic,
  • fanatical,
  • weirded out,
  • unbalanced,
  • wired,
  • lost it,
  • in a lather,
  • wigged out,
  • delirious,
  • furibund,
  • demented,
  • distraught,
  • unscrewed,
  • excited,
  • insane,
  • hyper.
  • haunting (adjective)
  • eerie,
  • persistent,
  • nagging,
  • recurrent,
  • spooky,
  • memorable,
  • nostalgic,
  • ongoing,
  • repeated.
  • neurotic (adjective)
  • disoriented,
  • manic,
  • deviant,
  • hung up,
  • disturbed,
  • inhibited,
  • Clutched,
  • upset,
  • basket case,
  • aberrant,
  • unstable,
  • abnormal,
  • anxious,
  • unhealthy,
  • choked,
  • disordered,
  • uptight.
  • Other relevant words: (adjective)
  • feverish,
  • over-wrought,
  • neurotic,
  • frenetic,
  • self-involved,
  • stuck on oneself,
  • psychoneurotic,
  • bundle of nerves,
  • hysteric,
  • self-serving,
  • keyed up,
  • head-strong,
  • stuck up,
  • self-seeking,
  • egotistic,
  • nervous wreck,
  • high on,
  • self-admiring,
  • up set,
  • singleminded.
  • self-involved (adjective)
  • egoistic,
  • wrapped up in oneself,
  • selfish.
  • self-serving (adjective)
  • selfserving,
  • self serving.
  • swellheaded (adjective)
  • swellheaded.

• n.

  •
  • catharsis,
  • defense mechanism,
  • conditioning,
  • delusion,
  • fixation,
  • complex,
  • damage,
  • defense,
  • exorcism.

• Other synonyms:

  • Other relevant words (noun):
  • fearful,
  • unshakeable,
  • dominating,
  • unearthly,
  • confused,
  • mysterious,
  • maladjusted,
  • tormenting,
  • attractive,
  • forceful,
  • mesmeric,
  • conformist,
  • engrossing,
  • fastidious,
  • hypnotic,
  • enthralling,
  • scrupulous,
  • picky,
  • disciplinarian,
  • driving,
  • urgent,
  • maniacal,
  • exacting,
  • frightful,
  • excessive,
  • avid,
  • fascinating,
  • absorbing,
  • keen,
  • indelible,
  • coercive,
  • mesmerizing,
  • purist,
  • meticulous,
  • Besetting,
  • obsessional,
  • demanding,
  • controlling,
  • holding,
  • delusional,
  • haunt,
  • uncontrollable,
  • all-encompassing,
  • ardent,
  • Precisian,
  • unshakable,
  • bookworm,
  • precise,
  • megalomaniacal,
  • perfervid,
  • nit-picking,
  • agog,
  • Harassing,
  • traditionalist,
  • compelling,
  • obsessing,
  • magnetic,
  • impelling,
  • punctilious,
  • obsess,
  • Preoccupying,
  • perfectionist,
  • spellbinding,
  • eager,
  • addictive,
  • unforgettable,
  • overanxious,
  • particular,
  • weird,
  • fussy,
  • enchanting,
  • gripping,
  • consuming,
  • Possessing,
  • engaging,
  • constrained,
  • overwhelming,
  • driven,
  • stickler,
  • irrational,
  • haunting,
  • arresting.

How to use "Obsessive" in context?

Paraphrases for Obsessive:

• Independent

  • Adjective
    exaggerated, obsessed.

• Other Related

  • Adjective
    excessive.
  • Noun, singular or mass
    obsession.

Hyponym for Obsessive:

• n.

  • person
    mental case, psychoneurotic, neurotic.