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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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