obsessional

1. 1.

   characterized by or constituting an obsession

   “the obsessional character of his response”

   “obsessive gambling”

   Synonymsobsessive

   Similarneurotic

Questions about obsessional

What does obsessional mean?

obsessional means "characterized by or constituting an obsession".

How many syllables are in obsessional?

obsessional has 4 syllables: ob-ses-sio-nal. The stress falls on "ses". In IPA it is /əbˈsɛʃənəl/.

What is another word for obsessional?

Close synonyms include obsessive. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is obsessional a common word?

obsessional is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

What rhymes with obsessional?

1 word rhymes with obsessional. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.