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Showing words for POSSESSION using the English dictionary

10 Letter Words for Possession

possession

9 Letter Words for Possession

possessio

8 Letter Words for Possession

sessions, soissons, spoonies

7 Letter Words for Possession

espinos, essoins, osseins, poisons, poisson, possess, possies, session, sissone, sissoos, spinose

6 Letter Words for Possession

enosis, eosins, espino, essoin, nisses, noesis, noises, nooses, nosies, oonses, oopses, opines, opsins, ossein, pisses, poesis, poises, poison, ponies, posies, posses, possie, psions, sepion, sepsin, sepsis, sisses, sissoo, snipes, snoops, snoose, sonses, sonsie, sosses, speiss, spines, spoons

5 Letter Words for Possession

ensis, eosin, insep, nisse, noise, noops, noose, nopes, noses, ooses, opens, opine, opsin, osone, penis, peons, pesos, pines, pions, pisos, poise, pones, ponos, poons, poses, posse, psion, senso, siens, sines, sipes, sises, sison, snies, snipe, snips, snoop, sones, sonse, soops, sosie, speos, spies, spine, spins, spise, spiss, spoon

4 Letter Words for Possession

eons, epos, esop, insp, ions, ipse, ipso, isos, neps, ness, nies, nips, noes, noop, nope, nose, ones, oons, oops, oose, open, opes, oses, osse, peni, pens, peon, peso, pess, pien, pies, pine, pino, pins, pion, pise, piso, piss, pois, pone, pons, poon, poos, pose, poss, psis, seis, sens, sepn, seps, sess, sien, sine, sins, sion, sipe, sips, sise, siss, snip, snop, sone, sons, soon, soop, sope, sops, soso, soss, spie, spin

3 Letter Words for Possession

ens, eon, eos, epi, esp, ess, ins, ion, ios, ipo, ips, ise, isn, iso, nei, neo, nep, nie, nip, nis, noo, nos, oes, oie, ois, one, oni, ono, ons, oon, oop, oos, ope, ops, ose, osi, pen, pes, pie, pin, pis, poi, pon, poo, pos, psi, sei, sen, sep, sie, sin, sip, sis, son, sop, sps, sse, ssp

Definitions for Possession

[1] the act or fact of possessing.
[2] the state of being possessed.
[3] ownership.
[4] Law . actual holding or occupancy, either with or without rights of ownership.
[5] a thing possessed: He packed all his possessions into one trunk.
[6] possessions, property or wealth.
[7] a territorial dominion of a state.
[8] Sports . physical control of the ball or puck by a player or team: He didn't have full possession when he was tackled. the right of a team to put the ball into play: They had possession after the other team sank a free throw.
[9] control over oneself, one's mind, etc.
[10] domination, actuation, or obsession by a feeling, idea, etc.
[11] the feeling or idea itself.
[12] the act of possessing or state of being possessed in possession of the crown
[13] anything that is owned or possessed
[14] (plural) wealth or property
[15] the state of being controlled or dominated by or as if by evil spirits
[16] the physical control or occupancy of land, property, etc, whether or not accompanied by ownership to take possession of a house
[17] a territory subject to a foreign state or to a sovereign prince colonial possessions
[18] sport control of the ball, puck, etc, as exercised by a player or team he lost possession in his own half

Words related to Possession

custody, title, retention, occupancy, tenancy, dominion, tenure, proprietorship, hold, occupation, proprietary, estate, accessories, impedimenta, settlement, wealth, paraphernalia, things, equipment, territory

Words nearby Possession

posser, possess, possessed, possessed by, possessed, the, possession, possession is nine points of the law, possession order, possessive, possessive adjective, possessive pronoun

Origin of Possession

1300–50; Middle English < Latin possessiōn- (stem of possessiō ) occupancy, act of occupying, equivalent to possess(us ), past participle of possidēre to have in one's control, occupy (and, in active sense, past participle of posīdere to seize upon) (*pots-, akin to posse to be able + -sidēre, combining form of sedēre to sit1; cf. host1) + -iōn- -ion

Other words from Possession

non·pos·ses·sion , noun

Synonyms for Possession

custody, dominion, hold, occupancy, occupation, proprietary, proprietorship, retention, tenancy, tenure, title, possessorship, proprietary rights