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possessing - 20 thesaurus results
| Main Entry: | possess |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | have or obtain |
| Synonyms: | acquire, bear, carry, control, corner*, dominate, enjoy, grab, hog*, hold, maintain, occupy, own, retain, seize, 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: | dispossess, lose, miss, not have |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | retaining |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | maintaining |
| Synonyms: | accommodating, confining, engaging, keeping, remembering, restraining, saving, securing, withholding, working, arresting, cherishing, commemorating, embracing, employing, having, hiring, holding, holding back, owning, possessing, preserving, reserving, seizing, suppressing, sustaining, taking, treasuring |
| Main Entry: | occupying |
| Part of Speech: | adjective1 |
| Definition: | filling a place |
| Synonyms: | commanding, controlling, covering, placed, remaining, resting, sitting, situated, assigned to, holding, living in, maintaining, obtaining, owning, permeating, pervading, possessing, posted, residing, settled on, staying, taking up, tenanting |
| Antonyms: | gone, leaving, removing |
| Main Entry: | bear |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | support mentally |
| Synonyms: | cherish, entertain, exhibit, harbor, have, hold, hold up, maintain, possess, shoulder, sustain, uphold, weigh upon |
| Notes: | bare is to uncover or reveal or to expose; bear is to hold up, support, transport - or an animal |
| Main Entry: | boast |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | to have advantage |
| Synonyms: | claim, exhibit, own, possess, show off, be proud of, have in keeping, pride oneself on |
| Main Entry: | charm |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | enchant |
| Synonyms: | allure, attract, beguile, bewitch, cajole, captivate, delight, draw, enamor, enrapture, enthrall, entrance, fascinate, grab, hex, hypnotize, inveigle, kill*, knock out*, magnetize, mesmerize, please, possess, send*, slay*, spell*, take*, tickle, transport, turn on*, vamp, voodoo, wile, win, wow*, ensorcell, knock dead, put under a spell, sweep off feet, tickle pink, win over |
| Antonyms: | displease, irritate, offend, repel, repulse, turn off |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | deflower |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | ravish; take away beauty |
| Synonyms: | assault, defile, desecrate, despoil, devour, force, harm, have, mar, molest, outrage, possess, ravage, ravish, ruin, seduce, spoil, violate, deflorate, depredate |
| Main Entry: | enjoy |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | have the benefit or use of |
| Synonyms: | boast, command, experience, have, hold, maintain, occupy, own, possess, process, retain, use, be blessed, be favored, reap the benefits |
| Antonyms: | lack, need, want |
| Main Entry: | haunt |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | visit as a spirit |
| Synonyms: | agitate, agonize, annoy, appall, appear, bedevil, beset, besiege, come back, disquiet, dwell, float, frighten, harass, hound*, hover, infest, inhabit, intrude, madden, manifest, materialize, molest, nettle, obsess, overrun, permeate, pervade, pester, plague, possess, prey on, rack*, reappear, recur, return, rise, spook*, tease, terrify, terrorize, torment, trouble, vex, voodoo*, walk, worry, be ever present, harrow, stay with, weigh on |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | have |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | be in possession |
| Synonyms: | accept, acquire, admit, annex, bear, carry, chalk up, compass, corner, enjoy, gain, get, hog*, hold, include, keep, land, obtain, occupy, own, pick up, possess, procure, receive, retain, secure, take, take in, get hands on, get hold of, have in hand, latch on to, lock up, sit on*, teem with |
| Antonyms: | lack, need, want |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | hold |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | have in one's hands, possession; grasp |
| Synonyms: | adhere, arrest, bind, bottle up, carry, catch, check, cherish, clasp, cleave, clench, clinch, cling, clutch, confine, contain, cradle, detain, embrace, enclose, enjoy, fondle, grip, handle, hang on, have, hug, imprison, keep, maintain, nourish, occupy, own, possess, press, restrain, retain, secure, seize, squeeze, stick, take, trammel, vise, wield, withhold, wring, cork up, freeze to, keep close, keep out, lock up, not let go, palm, put a lock on, stay put |
| Antonyms: | drop, release, let go |
| Main Entry: | inhabit |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | take up residence in |
| Synonyms: | abide, crash, dwell, indwell, live, locate, lodge, make one's home, occupy, park, people, perch, populate, possess, reside, roost, settle, squat, stay, tenant |
| Antonyms: | depart, leave, move, vacate |
| Main Entry: | keep |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | hold, maintain |
| Synonyms: | accumulate, amass, cache, carry, conduct, conserve, control, deposit, detain, direct, enjoy, garner, grasp, grip, have, heap, hold back, manage, own, pile, place, possess, preserve, put, put up, reserve, retain, save, season, stack, stock, store, withhold, care for, deal in, trade in |
| Antonyms: | consume, disperse, give, hand over, release, give up, let go |
| Main Entry: | madden |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | make angry |
| Synonyms: | anger, annoy, bother, craze, derange, distract, enrage, exasperate, frenzy, incense, inflame, infuriate, ire, irritate, pester, possess, provoke, shatter, umbrage, unbalance, unhinge*, upset, vex, drive crazy, drive insane, drive out of mind, drive to distraction, make see red, steam up* |
| Antonyms: | gladden, make happy |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | monopolize |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | dominate, control |
| Synonyms: | absorb, acquire, consume, corner, devour, employ, engross, exclude, have, hog*, hold, manage, own, patent, possess, restrain, syndicate, take up, use, utilize, bogart, copyright, corner the market, exercise control, keep to oneself, lock up, own exclusively, sew up, sit on*, take over |
| Antonyms: | distribute, scatter, share |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | obsess |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | preoccupy |
| Synonyms: | beset, consume, dominate, engross, grip, harass, haunt, hold, possess, torment, infatuate |
| Main Entry: | occupy |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | reside; use |
| Synonyms: | cover, dwell, ensconce, establish, fill, hold, inhabit, involve, keep, maintain, own, people, permeate, pervade, populate, possess, remain, sit, stay, take up, tenant, utilize, be established, be in command, be in residence, live in |
| Antonyms: | not use |
| Main Entry: | reserve |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | keep, hold back |
| Synonyms: | conserve, defer, delay, duck*, have, hoard, hold, lay up, maintain, plant, possess, postpone, preserve, put away, put off, retain, save, squirrel away*, stockpile, store, withhold, keep back, keep out, put by, set aside, squirrel, stash, store up, stow away |
| Antonyms: | distribute, give, offer, let go |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | retain |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | hold on to physically or mentally |
| Synonyms: | absorb, bear in mind, clutch, contain, detain, enjoy, grasp, have, hold, husband, keep, maintain, memorize, mind, own, possess, preserve, put away, recall, recognize, recollect, remember, reminisce, reserve, restrain, retrospect, save, withhold, cling to, hand onto, hold fast, keep in mind, keep possession |
| Antonyms: | free, lose, release, spend, let go |
| Main Entry: | succeed |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | attain good outcome |
| Synonyms: | accomplish, achieve, acquire, arrive, avail, benefit, come off*, conquer, distance, earn, flourish, fulfill, gain, get, hit*, make out*, obtain, outdistance, outwit, overcome, possess, prevail, profit, prosper, pull off*, realize, reap, receive, recover, retrieve, score, secure, surmount, thrive, triumph, turn out*, vanquish, win, work, worst, be successful, carry off*, do all right, do the trick, get to the top, grow famous, make a fortune, make good, make it |
| Antonyms: | fail |
* = informal/non-formal usage
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
Copyright © 2009 by the Philip Lief Group.
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Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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