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| Main Entry: |
possessive
 [puh-zes-iv] 
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| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | greedy |
| Synonyms: | acquisitive, avaricious, controlling, craving, desirous, dominating, grabby, grasping, hoggish, selfish |
| Main Entry: | materialistic |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | thinking mainly about physical things |
| Synonyms: | acquisitive, banausic, carnal, earthly-minded, earthy, greedy, material, mundane, object-oriented, possessive, profane, secular, sensual, temporal, terrestrial, unspiritual |
| Antonyms: | spiritual, thrifty, ungreedy |
| Main Entry: | protective |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | guarding, securing |
| Synonyms: | careful, conservational, conservative, covering, custodial, defensive, emergency, guardian, insulating, jealous, possessive, preservative, protecting, safeguarding, sheltering, shielding, vigilant, warm, watchful |
| Antonyms: | attacking, harmful, hurtful, injurious, threatening |
Example Sentences
- Cisco is picking up on that becoming dominant and possessive.
- Later he starts to get weirder, and more possessive.
- From a watchful father figure he becomes a smarmy suitor and eventually a wildly jealous and possessive warden.
| Main Entry: | tenacious |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | strong, unyielding |
| Synonyms: | adamant, bound, clinging, coherent, cohesive, determined, dogged, fast, firm, forceful, inflexible, intransigent, iron, meaning business, mulish, obdurate, obstinate, persevering, persistent, persisting, pertinacious, possessive, purposeful, relentless, resolute, retentive, set, solid, spunky, stalwart, staunch, steadfast, stout, strong-willed, stubborn, sturdy, sure, tight, tough, true, unforgetful, unshakable, unswerving |
| Antonyms: | surrendering, weak, yielding |
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