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[syn: compulsive, determined, driven]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Compulsive \Com*pul"sive\, a.
Having power to compel; exercising or applying compulsion.
[1913 Webster]
Religion is . . . inconsistent with all compulsive
motives. --Sharp.
[1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
compulsive
adj 1: caused by or suggestive of psychological compulsion;
"compulsive drinking"
2: strongly motivated to succeed [syn: compulsive,
determined, driven]
n 1: a person with a compulsive disposition; someone who feels
compelled to do certain things
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:
63 Moby Thesaurus words for "compulsive":
accordant, anal, automatic, blind, bourgeois, coactive, coercive,
compelling, compulsatory, compulsory, concordant, conditioned,
conformist, constrained, constraining, conventional, corresponding,
driving, forced, forceful, formalistic, gripping, harmonious,
holding, impelling, imperative, imperious, impulsive, in accord,
in keeping, in line, in step, instinctive, involuntary,
irresistible, kosher, mechanical, obsessing, obsessional,
obsessive, orthodox, overwhelming, pedantic, plastic, possessing,
precisianistic, preoccupying, pressing, reflex, reflexive,
restraining, square, straight, stuffy, traditionalist, unconscious,
unintentional, unthinking, unwilled, unwilling, unwitting, uptight,
urgent