All obsessive synonyms
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O o noun obsessive
- fanatic β a person with an extreme and uncritical enthusiasm or zeal, as in religion or politics.
- enthusiast β A person who is highly interested in a particular activity or subject.
- devotee β Someone who is a devotee of a subject or activity is very enthusiastic about it.
- buff β Something that is buff is pale brown in colour.
- nut β the goddess of the sky, sometimes shown as a cow bearing Ra on her back and the stars on her underside.
- follower β a person or thing that follows.
- groupie β a young person, especially a teenage girl, who is an ardent admirer of rock musicians and may follow them on tour.
- supporter β a person or thing that supports.
- fan β an enthusiastic devotee, follower, or admirer of a sport, pastime, celebrity, etc.: a baseball fan; a great fan of Charlie Chaplin.
- addict β An addict is someone who takes harmful drugs and cannot stop taking them.
- admirer β If you are an admirer of someone, you like and respect them or their work very much.
- maniac β Mathematical Analyzer, Numerical Integrator and Computer
- aficionado β If someone is an aficionado of something, they like it and know a lot about it.
- aficionada β a female aficionado
adjective obsessive
- compulsive β You use compulsive to describe people or their behaviour when they cannot stop doing something wrong, harmful, or unnecessary.
- fanatical β motivated or characterized by an extreme, uncritical enthusiasm or zeal, as in religion or politics.
- fixated β to fix; make stable or stationary.
- infatuated β to inspire or possess with a foolish or unreasoning passion, as of love.
- neurotic β pertaining to the nerves or to nerve disease; neural: no longer in technical use.
- preoccupied β completely engrossed in thought; absorbed.
- possessed β spurred or moved by a strong feeling, madness, or a supernatural power (often followed by by, of, or with): The army fought as if possessed. The village believed her to be possessed of the devil.
- overenthusiastic β full of or characterized by enthusiasm; ardent: He seems very enthusiastic about his role in the play.
- bigoted β Someone who is bigoted has strong, unreasonable prejudices or opinions and will not change them, even when they are proved to be wrong.
- dogmatic β relating to or of the nature of a dogma or dogmas or any strong set of principles concerning faith, morals, etc., as those laid down by a church; doctrinal: We hear dogmatic arguments from both sides of the political spectrum.
- enthusiastic β Having or showing intense and eager enjoyment, interest, or approval.
- fervent β having or showing great warmth or intensity of spirit, feeling, enthusiasm, etc.; ardent: a fervent admirer; a fervent plea.
- frenzied β wildly excited or enthusiastic: frenzied applause.
- impassioned β filled with intense feeling or passion; passionate; ardent.
- narrow-minded β having or showing a prejudiced mind, as persons or opinions; biased.
- passionate β having, compelled by, or ruled by intense emotion or strong feeling; fervid: a passionate advocate of socialism.
- rabid β irrationally extreme in opinion or practice: a rabid isolationist; a rabid baseball fan.
- single-minded β having or showing a single aim or purpose: a single-minded program.
- stubborn β unreasonably obstinate; obstinately unmoving: a stubborn child.
- violent β acting with or characterized by uncontrolled, strong, rough force: a violent earthquake.
- zealous β full of, characterized by, or due to zeal; ardently active, devoted, or diligent. Synonyms: enthusiastic, eager, fervid, fervent, intense, passionate, warm. Antonyms: apathetic; lackadaisical.
- biassed β a particular tendency, trend, inclination, feeling, or opinion, especially one that is preconceived or unreasoned: illegal bias against older job applicants; the magazineβs bias toward art rather than photography; our strong bias in favor of the idea.
- biased β If someone is biased, they prefer one group of people to another, and behave unfairly as a result. You can also say that a process or system is biased.
- bugged β Also called true bug, hemipteran, hemipteron. a hemipterous insect.
- burning β You use burning to describe something that is extremely hot.
- contumacious β stubbornly resistant to authority; wilfully obstinate
- credulous β If you describe someone as credulous, you have a low opinion of them because they are too ready to believe what people tell them and are easily deceived.
- devoted β Someone who is devoted to a person loves that person very much.
- domineering β inclined to rule arbitrarily or despotically; overbearing; tyrannical: domineering parents.
- erratic β Not even or regular in pattern or movement; unpredictable.
- extreme β Reaching a high or the highest degree; very great.
- feverish β having fever.
- fiery β consisting of, attended with, characterized by, or containing fire: a volcano's fiery discharge.
- headstrong β determined to have one's own way; willful; stubborn; obstinate: a headstrong young man.
- high on β having a great or considerable extent or reach upward or vertically; lofty; tall: a high wall.
- immoderate β not moderate; exceeding just or reasonable limits; excessive; extreme.