Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun obsessive-compulsive

1 sense of obsessive-compulsive

Sense 1
obsessive-compulsive -- (a person with obsessive-compulsive characteristics)
       => neurotic, psychoneurotic, mental case -- (a person suffering from neurosis)

Antonyms of adj obsessive-compulsive

1 sense of obsessive-compulsive

Sense 1
obsessive-compulsive -- (characterized by obsessions and compulsions; "obsessive-compulsive neurosis")

INDIRECT (VIA neurotic) -> unneurotic -- (not neurotic; "successful mothers--mothers with unneurotic children"; "he's the most unneurotic person I know")

Similarity of adj obsessive-compulsive

1 sense of obsessive-compulsive

Sense 1
obsessive-compulsive -- (characterized by obsessions and compulsions; "obsessive-compulsive neurosis")
       => neurotic (vs. unneurotic), psychoneurotic -- (affected with emotional disorder)

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