obsessive

obsessive

adjective

Definition of OBSESSIVE

caused by or suggestive of an irresistible urge <intrigued by the man's obsessive counting of everyday objects>

Synonyms besetting, driven, impulsive, obsessional, obsessive

Related Words irrepressible, uncontrollable; automatic, instinctive, involuntary, knee-jerk, reflex, spontaneous; conditioned, mechanical; unconscious, unthinking, unwitting; capricious, unpredictable, whimsical

Near Antonyms unforced, voluntary, willful (or wilful); controllable, manageable, resistible