Definition for Possessive:

• serving to express or indicate possession; " possessive pronouns"; " the genitive endings"

Synonyms for Possessive:

• adj.

  •all (adjective)
  • possessive.
  •avaricious (adjective)
  • hoarding,
  • grasping,
  • mercenary,
  • Cadging,
  • money-grubbing,
  • rapacious,
  • venal,
  • sordid,
  • avaricious,
  • monopolistic,
  • usurious,
  • greedy,
  • selfish,
  • miserly.
  •greedy (adjective)
  • dominating,
  • controlling,
  • grabby,
  • hoggish,
  • desirous,
  • craving.
  •protective (adjective)
  • more guardian,
  • most guardian,
  • most protecting,
  • more sheltering,
  • more conservational,
  • more emergency,
  • more safeguarding,
  • more insulating,
  • most conservational,
  • most custodial,
  • more protecting,
  • most emergency,
  • most safeguarding,
  • more shielding,
  • more covering,
  • more custodial,
  • most shielding,
  • most sheltering,
  • most covering,
  • most insulating.
  •tenacious (adjective)
  • retentive,
  • unforgetful.

• n.

  •
  • allomorph,
  • allophone,
  • owned,
  • adjunct,
  • clause,
  • antecedent,
  • cleft sentence,
  • collocate,
  • case,
  • article,
  • accusative.
  •
  • compound,
  • grammatical,
  • inflected,
  • declarative,
  • feminine,
  • conditional,
  • Frequentative,
  • complex,
  • deictic.
  •
  • covetous,
  • envious,
  • begrudging.
  •acquisitive (noun)
  • acquisitive.
  •dominant (noun)
  • dominant.
  •genitive (noun)
  • genitive.

• Other synonyms:

  •
  • pronoun,
  • Clutching.
  •
  • jealously.
  •
  • the grass is (always) greener on the other side.

Antonyms for Possessive:

• adj.

  • Other antonyms:
    permissive, unacquisitive, undemanding, tolerant, trusting, subordinate, understanding, low-level, trustful.

Possessive Sentence Examples:

• As for the second time he half - unconsciously enunciated that single possessive it was with almost a misgiving, an uncomfortable stirring as of unreality.

• Moreover she had produced much the same effect on the bystander, as of a child of nature, a creature of impulse and passion - passion, clinging and self - devoted, not fierce and possessive - through all the more superficial suggestions of reticence and self - control.