possesses

VERB

have or obtain

Synonyms

STRONGEST

acquire carry enjoy maintain occupy own retain seize

STRONG

bear control corner dominate grab hog hold

WEAK

be blessed with be born with be endowed with corner the market get hands on get hold of have to name latch on to lock up sit on take over take possession

Antonyms

STRONGEST

fail free lack let go lose need release surrender yield

STRONG

abandon forsake

WEAK

dispossess miss not have

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possesses

There’s Olive, 12, from Charlotte, North Carolina, whose goal is to sell 8,000 boxes and who already possesses the polished ease of someone who understands how to speak to an audience.

From Salon ● Aug. 28, 2026

After reluctantly selling talisman Guimaraes to Arsenal, Gonzalez possesses the qualities Newcastle have been looking for in the middle of the park.

From BBC ● Aug. 26, 2026

They can reveal which genes an animal possesses without showing exactly where those genes are positioned along its chromosomes.

From Science Daily ● Aug. 25, 2026

I have spent five decades trading on a simple premise: Markets aggregate information no committee possesses, and prices are how that information reaches decision makers.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 24, 2026

He decides that his only hope is to be bold—a quality this Harvard man possesses in abundance.

From "Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever" by Bill O'Reilly