compulsive
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
- Line style
- core relation
- instance, member or derived
- substance, domain or see-also
- Direction
- arrow points to the broader concept
- dashed outline: no word in this language
- Click any word to expand it.
Senses
Sense 1 noun
a person with a compulsive disposition; someone who feels compelled to do certain things
Types & categories
- person hypernym
- control freak hyponym
- flasher hyponym
- perfectionist hyponym
- workaholic hyponym
Related & opposite
- obsession derivation
- compulsive derivation
- compulsive derivation
Sense 2 adjective
caused by or suggestive of psychological compulsion
compulsive drinking
Related & opposite
- compulsiveness derivation
- compulsion derivation
- obsession derivation
- compulsive derivation
- psychoneurotic similar to
Sense 3 adjective
strongly motivated to succeed
Related & opposite
- compulsive derivation
- ambitious similar to
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | obsession |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | compulsive |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | compulsive |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | person |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | control freak |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | flasher |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | perfectionist |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | workaholic |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | compulsiveness |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | compulsion |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | obsession |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | compulsive |
| 2 | similar to | Related & opposite | psychoneurotic |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | compulsive |
| 3 | similar to | Related & opposite | ambitious |