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Showing words for POSSESSIVE using the English dictionary

10 Letter Words for Possessive

possessive

8 Letter Words for Possessive

speisses

7 Letter Words for Possessive

essives, poesies, possess, possies, speises, speoses

6 Letter Words for Possessive

eposes, espies, essive, pisses, poesie, poesis, poises, posies, posses, possie, psovie, seises, sepose, sepses, sepsis, sesses, sieves, sisses, sosses, speise, speiss, vesses

5 Letter Words for Possessive

esses, evoes, pesos, pisos, poise, poses, posse, seeps, seise, sieve, sipes, sises, sosie, speos, spies, spise, spiss, spivs, veeps, vepse, vises

4 Letter Words for Possessive

epos, eses, esop, esse, eves, evoe, ipse, ipso, isos, opes, oses, osse, ovis, pees, peso, pess, pies, pise, piso, piss, pois, pose, poss, psis, seep, sees, seis, seps, sese, sess, seve, sipe, sips, sise, siss, sope, sops, soss, sovs, spie, spiv, veep, vees, veps, vese, vesp, vies, vips, vise, viss, voes

3 Letter Words for Possessive

eos, epi, ese, esp, ess, eve, ios, ipo, ips, ise, iso, ive, oes, oie, ois, ope, ops, opv, ose, osi, pee, pes, pie, pis, poi, pos, psi, see, sei, sep, sie, sip, sis, sop, sov, sps, sse, ssp, vee, vei, vie, vip, vis, voe, vss

Definitions for Possessive

[1] jealously opposed to the personal independence of, or to any influence other than one's own upon, a child, spouse, etc.
[2] desirous of possessing, especially excessively so: Young children are so possessive they will not allow others to play with their toys; a possessive lover.
[3] of or relating to possession or ownership.
[4] Grammar . indicating possession, ownership, origin, etc. His in his book is a possessive adjective. His in The book is his is a possessive pronoun. noting or pertaining to a case that indicates possession, ownership, origin, etc., as, in English, John's in John's hat.
[5] the possessive case.
[6] a form in the possessive.
[7] of or relating to possession or ownership
[8] having or showing an excessive desire to possess, control, or dominate a possessive mother
[9] grammar another word for genitive (def. 1) denoting an inflected form of a noun or pronoun used to convey the idea of possession, association, etc, as my or Harry's
[10] grammar the possessive case a word or speech element in the possessive case

Words related to Possessive

selfish, grasping, craving, acquisitive, avaricious, controlling, desirous, grabby, hoggish

Words nearby Possessive

possessed by, possessed, the, possession, possession is nine points of the law, possession order, possessive, possessive adjective, possessive pronoun, possessory, posset, possibility

Origin of Possessive

From the Latin word possessīvus, dating back to 1520–30. See possess, -ive

Words that may be confused with Possessive

possessive, possessory

Other words from Possessive

pos·ses·sive·ly , adverb
pos·ses·sive·ness , noun
non·pos·ses·sive , adjective
non·pos·ses·sive·ly , adverb
non·pos·ses·sive·ness , noun
un·pos·ses·sive , adjective
un·pos·ses·sive·ly , adverb
un·pos·ses·sive·ness , noun

Synonyms for Possessive

selfish, craving, grasping, acquisitive, avaricious, controlling, desirous, dominating, grabby, hoggish