- Types Of Speech
- You can use possessive as a article or as a adjective satellite in a sentence.
- About Possessive
- A 3 syllables article and 10 letters with the letters e, i, o, p, s, and v, 6 consonants, 4 vowels and 3 syllables with the middle letters es. Possessive starts with a consonant and ends with a vowel with the starting letters p, po, pos, poss, posse, and the ending characters are e, ve, ive, sive, ssive, . Possessive is also a double consonant (ss) word. View the double consonant words list.
- Definition
- Desirous of owning; "small children are so possessive they will not let others play with their toys"
- Origin/Roots
- Latin
- School Grade
- Possessive is set as a sat word that starts with p, ends with e, 3 syllables, 4 vowels and 10 letters.
- Pig Latin
- Possessive in Pig Latin is said as "ossessivepay or ossessivepway".
- Unigram
- p | o | s | s | e | s | s | i | v | e
- Bigram
- po | os | ss | se | es | ss | si | iv | ve
- Trigram
- pos | oss | sse | ses | ess | ssi | siv | ive
- Quadrigram
- poss | osse | sses | sess | essi | ssiv | sive
- Word Gram
- Adjective Satellite Examples
- desirous of owning;
"small children are so possessive they will not let others play with their toys" - having or showing a desire to control or dominate;
"a possessive parent"
- Article Examples
- serving to express or indicate possession;
"possessive pronouns";
"the genitive endings"
Synonym | Definition |
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Acquisitive | eager to acquire and possess things especially material possessions or ideas "an acquisitive mind" "an aquisitive society in which the craving for material things seems never satisfied" |
Ambitious For Self | |
Authoritarian | a person behaves in an tyrannical manner "my boss is a dictator who makes everyone work overtime" |
Autistic | characteristic of or suffering from autism |
Autocratic | characteristic of an absolute ruler or absolute rule having absolute sovereignty "an authoritarian regime" "autocratic government" "despotic rulers" "a dictatorial rule that lasted for the duration of the war" "a tyrannical government" |
Avaricious | immoderately desirous of acquiring e.g. wealth "they are avaricious and will do anything for money" "casting covetous eyes on his neighbor''s fields" "a grasping old miser" "grasping commercialism" "greedy for money and power" "grew richer and greed |
Bossy | offensively self-assured or given to exercising usually unwarranted power "an autocratic person" "autocratic behavior" "a bossy way of ordering others around" "a rather aggressive and dominating character" "managed the employees in an aloof magisteri |
Bourgeois | a member of the middle class |
Careerist | a professional who follows a career |
Conceited | characteristic of false pride having an exaggerated sense of self-importance "a conceited fool" "an attitude of self-conceited arrogance" "an egotistical disregard of others" "so swollen by victory that he was unfit for normal duty" "growing ever mo |
View all cognitive synonyms for Possessive
Anagram | Definition |
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Possessive | desirous of owning "small children are so possessive they will not let others play with their toys" |
View English words with the unique letters used in possessive. Words With The Letters Eiopsv
Similar Word | Definition |
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Acquisitive | eager to acquire and possess things especially material possessions or ideas; "an acquisitive mind"; "an aquisitive society in which the craving for material things seems never satisfied" |
Possessive Is In These Word Lists
- Starts With P
- Ends With E
- Spelled With / Contains Letters