possessive English

Meaning possessive meaning

What does possessive mean?

Definitions in simple English

possessive Adjective

— Not willing to share someone/something; wanting to control someone/something. He is very possessive of his car and won't let anyone else drive it.

— Showing ownership, possession or origin. There are seven possessive pronouns in modern English: mine, yours, his, hers, its, ours, and theirs.

possessive

— adjective (= genitive) serving to express or indicate possession possessive pronouns the genitive endings

— adjective desirous of owning small children are so possessive they will not let others play with their toys

— adjective having or showing a desire to control or dominate a possessive parent

— noun (= genitive) the case expressing ownership

Synonyms possessive synonyms

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possessive English » English

genitive

infinitive

benefactive

stingy

reluctant

possessive case

genitive case

be possessive

stingy person

proprietary

possessiveness

possessively

persevering

maintaining

as

acquisitive

Scrooge

Topics possessive topics

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Jealous

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  jealous possessive envious green with envy covetous jaundiced resentful bitter