irresistible impulse

Questions about irresistible impulse

What is another word for irresistible impulse?

It depends which irresistible impulse you mean. In the sense “an urge to do or say something that might be better left undone or unsaid”, the synonyms are compulsion. Across all 1 sense there are 1 distinct synonyms, and they are not interchangeable with each other — this page lists them under the sense each one belongs to.

What is the opposite of irresistible impulse?

WordNet records no antonym for irresistible impulse. Antonymy in WordNet is a relation between specific word forms rather than between concepts, so it is recorded only where lexicographers judged the pairing direct. An absence here means none was recorded, not that none can be imagined.

Where do the synonyms for irresistible impulse come from?

From Princeton University's WordNet, a lexical database maintained by lexicographers since 1985. A synonym here means a word form that shares a synset with this word — a set of forms interchangeable in one recorded context. Nothing on this page is generated by a language model.

Other views of irresistible impulse

• Full entry for irresistible impulseAll 1 sense, with examples, usage labels, syllables and pronunciation.
• Rhymes for irresistible impulseWhether this word can be rhymed at all — it is not in the pronouncing dictionary.
• Thesaurus homeHow WordNet synsets work, and the collections built for synonym work.