obsessive

Questions about obsessive

What does obsessive mean?

obsessive means "a person who has obsessions". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in obsessive?

obsessive has 3 syllables: ob-ses-sive. The stress falls on "ses". In IPA it is /əbˈsɛsɪv/.

What is another word for obsessive?

Close synonyms include obsessional. 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 obsessive a common word?

obsessive is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for 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 obsessive?

3 words rhyme with obsessive. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.