- Types Of Speech
- You can use possess as a verb in a sentence.
- About Possess
- A 2 syllables verb and 7 letters with the letters e, o, p, and s, 5 consonants, 2 vowels and 2 syllables with the middle letter s. Possess starts with and ends in a consonant with the starting letters p, po, pos, poss, posse, and the ending characters are s, ss, ess, sess, ssess, . Possess is also a double consonant (ss) word. View the double consonant words list.
- Definition
- Have ownership or possession of; "He owns three houses in Florida"; "How many cars does she have?"
- Origin/Roots
- Latin
- School Grade
- Possess is set as a grade seven word that starts with p, ends with s, 2 syllables, 2 vowels and 7 letters.
- Scrabble
- Is possess a scrabble word? A 9 point word in scrabble. Check the word games tab below for probability, odds and more.
- Pig Latin
- Possess in Pig Latin is said as "ossesspay or ossesspway".
- Unigram
- p | o | s | s | e | s | s
- Bigram
- po | os | ss | se | es | ss
- Trigram
- pos | oss | sse | ses | ess
- Quadrigram
- poss | osse | sses | sess
- Word Gram
- Verb Examples
- have ownership or possession of;
"He owns three houses in Florida";
"How many cars does she have?" - have as an attribute, knowledge, or skill;
"he possesses great knowledge about the Middle East" - enter into and control, as of emotions or ideas;
"What possessed you to buy this house?";
"A terrible rage possessed her"
| Synonym | Definition |
|---|---|
| Absorb | cause to become one with "The sales tax is absorbed into the state income tax" |
| Accept | tolerate or accommodate oneself to "I shall have to accept these unpleasant working conditions" "I swallowed the insult" "She has learned to live with her husband''s little idiosyncracies" |
| Accomplish | put in effect "carry out a task" "execute the decision of the people" "He actioned the operation" |
| Achieve | to gain with effort "she achieved her goal despite setbacks" |
| Acknowledge | accept (someone) to be what is claimed or accept his power and authority "The Crown Prince was acknowledged as the true heir to the throne" "We do not recognize your gods" |
| Acquire | come to have or undergo a change of (physical features and attributes) "He grew a beard" "The patient developed abdominal pains" |
| Admit | declare to be true or admit the existence or reality or truth of "He admitted his errors" "She acknowledged that she might have forgotten" |
| Admit Everything | |
| Agree Provisionally | |
| Allow | allow or plan for a certain possibility concede the truth or validity of something "I allow for this possibility" "The seamstress planned for 5% shrinkage after the first wash" |
View all cognitive synonyms for Possess
| Anagram | Definition |
|---|---|
| Possess | have ownership or possession of "He owns three houses in Florida" "How many cars does she have?" |
View English words with the unique letters used in possess. Words With The Letters Eops
| Word | Definition |
|---|---|
| Have | a person who possesses great material wealth |
| Owner | (law) someone who owns (is legal possessor of) a business "he is the owner of a chain of restaurants" |
| Ownership | the act of having and controlling property |
| Possession | anything owned or possessed |
| Possessor | a person who owns something "they are searching for the owner of the car" "who is the owner of that friendly smile?" |
| Proprietor | (law) someone who owns (is legal possessor of) a business "he is the owner of a chain of restaurants" |
| Rich Person | |
| Wealthy Person |
| Word | Definition |
|---|---|
| Prepossess | influence (somebody''s) opinion in advance |
| Word | Scrabble | Words With Friends | Word Chums | 4Pics1Word | Jumble |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Two Step (8 letters) | |||||
| Pose (4 letters) | 6 | 7 | pose | ||
| Pseudopod (9 letters) | 15 +6 | 18 +8 | pseudopod | ||
| Pooecetes (9 letters) | 13 +4 | 15 +5 | ceeeoopst | ||
| Bedpost (7 letters) | 12 +3 | 14 +4 | bedpost | ||
| Bus Depot (9 letters) | |||||
| Scope (5 letters) | 9 | 11 +1 | copse | ||
| Otoscope (8 letters) | 12 +3 | 14 +4 | otoscope | ||
| Saucepot (8 letters) | 12 +3 | 15 +5 | saucepot | ||
| Speedboat (9 letters) | 14 +5 | 16 +6 | speedboat | ||
| Spode (5 letters) | 8 | 9 | spode | ||
| Spout (5 letters) | 7 | 9 | spout | ||
| Stoep (5 letters) | 7 | 8 | estop | ||
| T Scope (7 letters) | |||||
| Paseo (5 letters) | 7 | 8 | aeops | ||
| Eyespot (7 letters) | 12 +3 | 12 +2 | eeopsty | ||
| ESOP (4 letters) | 6 | 7 | pose | ||
| Postcode (8 letters) | 13 +4 | 15 +5 | postcode | ||
| Epos (4 letters) | 6 | 7 | pose | ||
| Test Copy (9 letters) | |||||
| Poesy (5 letters) | 10 +1 | 10 | poesy | ||
| Expose (6 letters) | 15 +6 | 16 +6 | expose | ||
| Sea Poose (9 letters) | |||||
| Pea Soup (8 letters) | |||||
| Sweetsop (8 letters) | 13 +4 | 14 +4 | sweetsop |
Possess Is In These Word Lists
- Starts With P
- Ends With S
- Spelled With / Contains Letters
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