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compulsive

adjective

Synonyms and Antonyms of compulsive

caused by or suggestive of an irresistible urge

his compulsive clowning around can sometimes be annoying

Synonyms of compulsive

besetting, driven, impulsive, obsessional, obsessive

Words Related to compulsive

irrepressible, uncontrollable

automatic, instinctive, involuntary, knee-jerk, reflex, spontaneous

conditioned, mechanical

unconscious, unthinking, unwitting

capricious, unpredictable, whimsical

Near Antonyms of compulsive

unforced, voluntary, willful (or wilful)

controllable, manageable, resistible

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