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.
  •jealous (adjective)
  • mistrustful,
  • Possessory,
  • doubting.
  •materialistic (adjective)
  • object-oriented,
  • materialistic,
  • Earthly-minded,
  • banausic,
  • unspiritual.
  •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.
  •Other relevant words:
  • grudging,
  • dative,
  • vocative,
  • self-seeking,
  • careerist,
  • egotistical,
  • box,
  • persistent,
  • circuitous,
  • clear,
  • ablative,
  • remote,
  • indirect,
  • instrumental,
  • pattern,
  • self-serving,
  • proprietary,
  • self-sufficient,
  • egotistic,
  • shielding,
  • possessives,
  • tight,
  • certain,
  • insatiable,
  • overbearing,
  • adhesive,
  • piggish,
  • ungenerous,
  • light,
  • appropriate,
  • self-pleasing,
  • self-indulgent,
  • niggardly,
  • Proprietorial,
  • apparent,
  • self-centered,
  • autistic,
  • sure,
  • possessively,
  • penny-pinching,
  • blameless,
  • distinct,
  • intelligible,
  • correct,
  • Ungiving,
  • uncharitable,
  • edacious,
  • stubborn,
  • careful,
  • Self-interested,
  • self-admiring,
  • parsimonious,
  • watchful,
  • plain,
  • pure,
  • defensive,
  • ambitious for self,
  • frame,
  • mean,
  • go to,
  • voracious,
  • locative,
  • self-absorbed,
  • unyielding,
  • Sheltering,
  • thoughtless,
  • Self-devoted,
  • overprotective,
  • individualistic,
  • readable,
  • narcissistic,
  • gluttonous,
  • possession,
  • narrow,
  • stingy,
  • inconsiderate,
  • possessive case,
  • personalistic,
  • tight-fisted,
  • obstinate,
  • cheese-paring,
  • penurious,
  • self-contained,
  • illiberal,
  • self-occupied,
  • heedful,
  • vigilant,
  • domineering,
  • genitive case,
  • nominative.

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.