10 Letter Words for Compulsion
compulsion
9 Letter Words for Compulsion
poloniums, pulmonics
8 Letter Words for Compulsion
complins, opsonium, polonism, polonium, polonius, pulmonic
7 Letter Words for Compulsion
cloison, clonism, colinus, colonus, columns, complin, coniums, consumo, copious, coupons, cuminol, insculp, locoism, moulins, oilcups, ominous, opsonic, plosion, pocosin, pomonic, pulsion, scolion, sculpin, soupcon, spolium, spumoni, ulicons, unclips, uncoils, unspoil, upcoils, upsilon
6 Letter Words for Compulsion
clomps, clonos, clonus, cloops, clumps, coinop, colins, coloni, colons, colpus, column, comino, comous, compos, conium, consol, consul, coosin, coulis, coupon, cousin, culpon, cumins, incoup, inculp, insoul, limnos, limous, linous, linums, locums, moison, moolis, moulin, mucins, muonic, musico, musion, muslin, nicolo, nicols, oilcup, opiums, piculs, pilous, poilus, poison, polios, simcon, simool, simoon, sociol, solion, soniou, soupon, ulicon, ulmins, unclip, uncoil, uncool, uncoop, unlimp, unloop, unslim, unslip, unsoil, upcoil, uploom
5 Letter Words for Compulsion
cions, clips, clomp, clons, cloop, clops, clous, clump, coils, coins, colin, colon, compo, comps, comus, conli, conus, cools, cooms, coons, coops, copis, copus, cosin, cosmo, coups, culms, cumin, cumol, icons, incus, insol, isoln, limns, limos, limps, linos, linum, lions, locos, locum, locus, loins, looms, loons, loops, louis, louns, loups, lumps, lupis, micos, milos, minos, minus, moils, monic, monos, mooli, mools, moons, moops, mopus, mouls, moups, mucin, muils, munic, munis, muons, musci, music, nicol, noils, nolos, nomic, nomoi, nomos, noops, nouls, noups, numis, numps, oculi, olios, oncus, onium, opium, opsin, oscin, osmic, osmin, osmol, picul, picus, pilon, pilum, pilus, pinus, pions, pious, pisco, pismo, pisum, piums, plims, plums, pocul, pocus, poils, poilu, polio, polis, poloi, polos, pomos, ponos, pooli, pools, poons, psion, pulis, pulmo, punic, scion, sclim, scoon, scoop, scoup, sculp, simon, simul, sloom, sloop, slump, smilo, snool, snoop, solio, solon, solum, sonic, spoil, spool, spoom, spoon, sulci, suomi, ulmic, ulmin, uncos, unism, unoil, usnic
4 Letter Words for Compulsion
cion, cipo, clin, clio, clip, clon, clop, clos, clou, clum, coil, coin, coli, colp, cols, coml, comp, coms, coni, cons, cool, coom, coon, coop, coos, cops, coul, coup, cpus, csmp, culm, culp, cump, cums, cuon, cups, cusp, icon, imps, incl, insp, iocs, ions, ipso, limn, limo, limp, limu, lino, lins, lion, lips, lisp, lisu, loci, locn, loco, loin, loom, loon, loop, loos, lops, loun, loup, lump, lums, mico, mics, milo, mils, mino, mins, mips, misc, miso, moco, mocs, moil, moio, mols, mono, mons, mooi, mool, moon, moop, moos, mops, moul, moun, moup, mous, muil, muni, muns, muon, muso, nils, nims, nips, noil, nolo, noms, noop, noul, noup, nous, nump, oils, olio, olms, omni, onus, ooms, oons, oops, opus, oslo, oups, pico, pics, pilm, pino, pins, pion, piso, pium, pius, plim, plum, plus, poco, poil, pois, polo, pols, pomo, poms, pons, pool, poon, poos, puli, puls, puns, scil, scop, scul, scum, scun, scup, silo, simp, siol, sion, sium, slim, slip, slon, sloo, slop, slum, slup, snip, snop, snum, snup, soco, soil, soln, solo, sool, soom, soon, soop, soul, soum, soup, spic, spin, spun, suci, sumi, sumo, sump, suni, ulmo, umps, unci, unco, uncs, unio, unis, upon
3 Letter Words for Compulsion
cis, cli, clo, cml, cns, col, com, con, coo, cop, cos, cpi, cpl, cpm, cpo, cps, cpu, csi, csp, cul, cum, cun, cup, ilo, imo, imp, imu, inc, ins, ion, ios, iou, ipl, ipm, ipo, ips, isl, ism, isn, iso, lcm, lim, lin, lip, lis, loc, loo, lop, los, lpm, lpn, lsc, lum, luo, mic, mil, min, mis, mls, moc, moi, mol, mon, moo, mop, mos, mou, msl, mun, mus, nco, nil, nim, nip, nis, nol, nom, noo, nos, nul, num, nus, oil, ois, olm, olp, oms, oni, ono, ons, oom, oon, oop, oos, ops, osi, oui, oup, ous, pci, pcm, pic, pil, pin, pis, piu, pli, plu, pms, poi, pol, pom, pon, poo, pos, psi, pul, pun, pus, sci, sic, sil, sim, sin, sip, sml, soc, sol, som, son, sop, sou, spl, sui, sum, sun, sup, ump, ums, unc, uni, unl, unp, uns, upo, ups
Definitions for Compulsion
[1] the act of compelling; constraint; coercion.
[2] the state or condition of being compelled.
[3] Psychology . a strong, usually irresistible impulse to perform an act, especially one that is irrational or contrary to one's will.
[4] the act of compelling or the state of being compelled
[5] something that compels
[6] psychiatry an inner drive that causes a person to perform actions, often of a trivial and repetitive nature, against his or her will See also obsession
Words related to Compulsion
coercion, obsession, urgency, preoccupation, duty, urge, force, exigency, driving, constraint, prepossession, hang-up, drive, pressure, engrossment, necessity, demand, need, duress, monkey
Words nearby Compulsion
compton effect, compton-burnett, comptroller, comptroller general of the united states, comptroller of the currency, compulsion, compulsive, compulsive personality, compulsory, compulsory purchase, compunction
Origin of Compulsion
1375–1425; late Middle English (< Anglo-French ) < Late Latin compulsiōn- (stem of compulsiō ), equivalent to Latin compuls(us ), past participle of compellere to compel (com- com- + pul- variant stem + -sus past participle suffix) + -iōn- -ion
Words that may be confused with Compulsion
compulsion, compunction
Other words from Compulsion
non·com·pul·sion , noun
pre·com·pul·sion , noun
Word origin for Compulsion
C15: from Old French, from Latin compellere to compel
Synonyms for Compulsion
coercion, obsession, preoccupation, urgency, constraint, demand, drive, driving, duress, duty, engrossment, exigency, force, hang-up, monkey, necessity, need, prepossession, pressure, urge, have on the brain, tiger by the tail
