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obsessive
adjective as in addictive
Weak matches
- enslaving
- hooking
adjective as in egotistic
Weak matches
- affected
- aloof
- autocratic
- boastful
- boasting
- bragging
- conceited
- egocentric
- egoistical
- egomaniacal
- egotistical
- haughty
- idiosyncratic
- inborn
- individualistic
- inflated
- ingrained
- inherent
- inner-directed
- intimate
- intrinsic
- introverted
- isolated
- narcissistic
- opinionated
- personal
- pompous
- prideful
- proud
- puffed up
- self-absorbed
- self-admiring
- self-centered
- self-important
- snobbish
- stuck-up
- subjective
- superior
- swollen
- vain
- vainglorious
adjective as in egotistic/egoistic
Weak matches
- affected
- aloof
- autocratic
- boastful
- boasting
- bragging
- conceited
- egocentric
- egomaniacal
- haughty
- individualistic
- inflated
- inner-directed
- intimate
- intrinsic
- introverted
- isolated
- narcissistic
- opinionated
- personal
- pompous
- prideful
- proud
- puffed up
- self-absorbed
- self-admiring
- self-centered
- self-important
- snobbish
- stuck on oneself
- stuck-up
- subjective
- superior
- swollen
- vain
- vainglorious
adjective as in fanatical
Strongest matches
adjective as in feverish
adjective as in frenetic
adjective as in haunting
adjective as in neurotic
adjective as in self-involved
Strongest matches
Weak matches
- affected
- aloof
- autocratic
- boastful
- boasting
- bragging
- conceited
- egocentric
- egoistic
- egoistical
- egomaniacal
- egotistical
- haughty
- individualistic
- inflated
- inner-directed
- intimate
- intrinsic
- introverted
- isolated
- opinionated
- personal
- pompous
- prideful
- proud
- puffed up
- self-admiring
- self-centered
- self-important
- self-seeking
- self-serving
- selfish
- stuck on oneself
- stuck-up
- subjective
- superior
- swollen
- vain
- vainglorious
- wrapped up in oneself
adjective as in self-seeking
Weak matches
- affected
- aloof
- autocratic
- boastful
- conceited
- egoistic
- egoistical
- egomaniacal
- egotistical
- haughty
- individualistic
- inflated
- inner-directed
- intrinsic
- introverted
- isolated
- narcissistic
- opinionated
- pompous
- prideful
- proud
- puffed up
- self-absorbed
- self-admiring
- self-centered
- self-important
- self-involved
- self-serving
- selfish
- snobbish
- stuck on oneself
- stuck-up
- subjective
- swollen
- vain
- vainglorious
- wrapped up in oneself
adjective as in self-serving
Strongest matches
Weak matches
- affected
- aloof
- autocratic
- boasting
- bragging
- conceited
- egocentric
- egoistic
- egoistical
- egomaniacal
- egotistical
- haughty
- individualistic
- inflated
- inner-directed
- intimate
- intrinsic
- introverted
- isolated
- narcissistic
- opinionated
- personal
- prideful
- proud
- puffed up
- self-admiring
- self-centered
- self-important
- self-involved
- self-seeking
- snobbish
- stuck on oneself
- stuck-up
- superior
- swollen
- vain
- vainglorious
- wrapped up in oneself
adjective as in swellheaded
Weak matches
- affected
- aloof
- autocratic
- boastful
- boasting
- bragging
- conceited
- egocentric
- egoistic
- egoistical
- egomaniacal
- egotistical
- haughty
- individualistic
- inflated
- inner-directed
- intimate
- intrinsic
- introverted
- isolated
- narcissistic
- opinionated
- personal
- pompous
- prideful
- proud
- puffed up
- self-absorbed
- self-admiring
- self-centered
- self-important
- snobbish
- stuck on oneself
- stuck-up
- subjective
- superior
- swollen
- vain
- vainglorious
Example Sentences
Obsessive exercising and inadequate nutrition can, over time, put people at high risk for overuse injuries like stress fractures.
McCauley may have married beneath her station, but Gordon-Levitt has obsessive fans.
But it looks like it was created by crazed person with obsessive-compulsive behavior.
Panicked, I reached out to hoarding experts, who often refer to any kind of obsessive digital collecting as “infomania.”
The line between being careful about what you eat and being obsessive is difficult to distinguish.
Throughout his literary activity it has an obsessive hold on his mind.
Now, however, actual and obsessive dread showed plainly on his face and in his movements.
It did not wear away, as he had supposed it would, but was becoming an obsessive factor in his thoughts.
The most common of these obsessive acts is washing with water (washing obsession).
There is a great deal of difference between the interest shown by normal people and the obsessive interest of scientists.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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