obsessive-compulsive

1. 1.

   a person with obsessive-compulsive characteristics

   Broaderneurotic

1. 1.

   characterized by obsessions and compulsions

   “obsessive-compulsive neurosis”

   Similarneurotic

Questions about obsessive-compulsive

What does obsessive-compulsive mean?

obsessive-compulsive means "a person with obsessive-compulsive characteristics". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in obsessive-compulsive?

obsessive-compulsive has 7 syllables: ob-ses-si-ve--com-pul-sive. The stress falls on "com".

Is obsessive-compulsive a common word?

obsessive-compulsive is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.