232 synonyms found

Pronunciation:

[ ɹɪtˈɛnʃən], [ ɹɪtˈɛnʃən], [ ɹ_ɪ_t_ˈɛ_n_ʃ_ə_n]

Similar words for retention:

• absorption (noun)
• attribute (noun)
• capacity (noun)
• custody (noun)
• detention (noun)
• keeping (noun)
• memory (noun)
• occupancy (noun)
• other relevant words (noun)
• possession (noun)
• other synonyms
• other relevant words (noun)

Paraphrases for retention

Homophones for retention

Hypernyms for retention

Hyponyms for retention

Synonyms for Retention:

• n.

  •
  • long-term memory,
  • flashback,
  • flood,
  • nostalgia,
  • short-term memory,
  • Photographic Memory.
  •
  • quit,
  • bow out,
  • resign,
  • step aside,
  • retire,
  • stand-down,
  • give/hand in (your) notice,
  • hand in your notice/resignation,
  • vacate,
  • leave.
  •
  • complication,
  • aetiology,
  • crisis,
  • hallucination,
  • dehydration,
  • etiology,
  • pathology,
  • perforation,
  • discharge,
  • chill.
  •
  • in escrow.
  • absorption (noun)
  • in halation,
  • in-halations,
  • in halations,
  • drinking ins,
  • in takes,
  • in-takes,
  • impregnations,
  • in-halation,
  • in take,
  • imbibings,
  • in-take,
  • taking ins,
  • soaking ups.
  • attribute (noun)
  • retentiveness,
  • retentivity,
  • retention.
  • capacity (noun)
  • ex tents,
  • pro portion,
  • pro portions,
  • holding abilities,
  • ex tent,
  • ex-tent,
  • pro-portions,
  • ex-tents,
  • holding powers,
  • standing room onlies,
  • pro-portion.
  • custody (noun)
  • custody,
  • confinement,
  • engagement,
  • reservation,
  • grasp,
  • maintenance,
  • withholding,
  • Detainment,
  • holding,
  • conservation.
  • detention (noun)
  • de-lay,
  • arrestations,
  • holding pens,
  • with holdings,
  • with holding,
  • time up river,
  • de-lays,
  • de lays,
  • holding backs,
  • keeping ins,
  • immurements,
  • de lay,
  • time river,
  • with-holding,
  • time the river,
  • with-holdings.
  • keeping (noun)
  • remembering.
  • memory (noun)
  • recognition,
  • remembrance,
  • recollection,
  • recall.
  • occupancy (noun)
  • inhabitancy,
  • Inhabitance.
  • Other relevant words: (noun)
  • absorption,
  • Suctions,
  • holding pen,
  • immurement,
  • suction,
  • drinking in,
  • internments,
  • holding ability,
  • withholdings,
  • inhalations,
  • occupancy,
  • Arrestation,
  • room,
  • osmosis,
  • impregnation,
  • soaking up,
  • time up the river,
  • extent,
  • standing room only,
  • keeping in,
  • fulls,
  • memory,
  • detention,
  • capacity,
  • hold,
  • internment,
  • inhalation,
  • saturation,
  • holding power,
  • quarantine.
  • possession (noun)
  • Proprietaries,
  • proprietary rights,
  • possessorship,
  • proprietary.

• Other synonyms:

  •
  • distribution,
  • escape.
  •
  • pack rat,
  • warehousing.
  • Other relevant words (noun):
  • denial,
  • disagreement,
  • tightness,
  • obstinacy,
  • repudiation,
  • capital,
  • continuation,
  • eidetic memory,
  • Impropriation,
  • tenaciousness,
  • comprehension,
  • nix,
  • computer storage,
  • viscosity,
  • persistency,
  • protection,
  • gumminess,
  • material possession,
  • nonacceptance,
  • guardianship,
  • deprivation,
  • inhibition,
  • attribute,
  • Usucaption,
  • peculiarity,
  • retaining,
  • negative,
  • viscidity,
  • negation,
  • Disclamation,
  • tenure,
  • preoccupancy,
  • keeping,
  • monopoly,
  • grip,
  • readiness,
  • declining,
  • storage,
  • refusal,
  • captivity,
  • persistence,
  • total memory,
  • safekeeping,
  • charge,
  • consistency,
  • nay,
  • Retainment,
  • nonobservance,
  • abnegation,
  • restraint,
  • perpetuation,
  • delay,
  • Disallowance,
  • gripe,
  • stick-to-itiveness,
  • suppression,
  • rejection,
  • property,
  • Perpetuating,
  • safeguarding,
  • bullheadedness,
  • glutinosity,
  • disclaimer,
  • prepossession,
  • holding back,
  • corner,
  • reserve,
  • security,
  • total recall,
  • possession,
  • toughness,
  • belongings,
  • disobedience,
  • recantation,
  • stubbornness,
  • computer memory,
  • turndown,
  • dissent,
  • adhesiveness,
  • Declinature,
  • exclusive possession,
  • unwillingness,
  • tackiness,
  • cohesiveness,
  • understanding,
  • thumbs-down,
  • store,
  • memory board,
  • declination,
  • protecting,
  • preservation,
  • keep,
  • occupation,
  • memory span,
  • repression,
  • tenacity,
  • nonconsent,
  • declension,
  • prehension,
  • contradiction,
  • noncompliance,
  • care,
  • retain,
  • gluiness,
  • stickiness,
  • ability to remember,
  • snugness.

Paraphrases for Retention:

• Independent

  • Adjective
    conserved, conserving, preservative, retained, water-holding, retainage, holddown.
  • Proper noun, singular
    conserving, holding, reservation, retained, retainer, retaining, withholding, Maintaining, Publications, forfeitures, safeguards, headings, reservations, rows, reservoirs, usages, TBS, lignes, retainage.
  • Noun, plural
    Areas, Duties, Fisheries, Clients, Habitats, Missions, forfeitures, agreements, threats, exhibitions, trends, quotas, reservations, limits, sites, kinds, users, landowners, handholds, peacekeepers, detainees, preservatives.
  • Noun, singular or mass
    conserving, containment, continuance, enforcement, fastening, holding, internment, permanence, permanency, perpetuation, persistence, preservative, removal, reservation, retained, retainer, retaining, safekeeping, self-restraint, subjection, tether, trapping, withholding, Maintaining, record-keeping, shelf-life, non-return, retainage.
  • Verb, past tense
    conserved, Measures.
  • Verb, gerund or present participle
    conserving, holding, sealing, withholding.
  • Verb, past participle
    conserved, formed, kidnapped, retained, sequestered, Upheld, safeguarded.
  • Verb, 3rd person singular present
    keeps, reservations, recognizes.

• Other Related

  • Adjective
    retain, retention-of-title.
  • Proper noun, singular
    detention, preservation, retain.
  • Noun, plural
    detentions.
  • Noun, singular or mass
    confiscation, detention, impoundment, preservation, retain.
  • Verb, past tense
    detention, retained.
  • Verb, gerund or present participle
    retaining, Maintaining.
  • Verb, 3rd person singular present
    retains.

Homophones for Retention:

• radio antenna, Red Indian.

Hypernym for Retention:

• n.

  • attribute
    urinary retention.

Hyponym for Retention:

• n.

  • attribute
    impermeability, impermeableness.