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possessions - 20 thesaurus results
| Main Entry: | possession |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | control, ownership |
| Synonyms: | custody, dominion, hold, occupancy, occupation, retention, tenancy, tenure, title, possessorship, proprietary, proprietary rights, proprietorship |
| Antonyms: | lack, need, want |
| Main Entry: | possession |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | something owned; property |
| Synonyms: | accessories, assets, baggage, belongings, effects, equipment, estate, furnishings, furniture, goods, impedimenta, paraphernalia, province, real estate, settlement, territory, things, trappings, wealth, appointments, appurtenances, chattels, fixtures, tangibles, tricks |
| Main Entry: | effects |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | belongings |
| Synonyms: | goods, holdings, paraphernalia, property, stuff, things, trappings, accouterments, chattels, possessions |
| Main Entry: | funds |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | cash reserve |
| Synonyms: | affluence, assets, backing, bankroll, belongings, bread*, budget, capital, collateral, currency, dough*, earnings, finance, hard cash*, kitty*, lucre, means, money, nest egg*, nut*, petty cash, pork barrel*, proceeds, property, resources, revenue, savings, scratch*, store*, stuff*, substance, treasure, wealth, wherewithal*, accounts receivable, fluid assets, money in the bank, money on hand, possessions, profits, ready money, securities, specie, stakes, winnings |
| Antonyms: | debt |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | kingdom |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | historically, an area ruled by a monarch |
| Synonyms: | commonwealth, country, county, crown, division, domain, dominion, dynasty, empire, field, monarchy, nation, province, realm, reign, rule, scepter, sovereignty, sphere, state, sway, territory, throne, tract, lands, possessions, principality, suzerainty |
| Main Entry: | opulence |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | wealth |
| Synonyms: | abundance, affluence, belongings, excess, fortune, goods, lavishness, luxury, means, money, property, prosperity, riches, substance, lap of luxury, plenitude, possessions, prosperousness, stocks and bonds, substantiality |
| Main Entry: | wealth |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | money, resources |
| Synonyms: | abundance, affluence, assets, belongings, bounty, cache, capital, cash, copiousness, dough*, estate, fortune, funds, gold, goods, hoard, holdings, long green*, lucre, luxury, means, opulence, pelf, plenty, profusion, property, prosperity, revenue, riches, richness, security, store, substance, treasure, velvet*, worth, clover, commodities, cornucopia, lap of luxury, luxuriance, plenitude, possessions, prosperousness, stocks and bonds, substantiality |
| Antonyms: | lack, need, poverty, want |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | gear |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | equipment |
| Synonyms: | accessory, adjunct, apparatus, appendage, appurtenance, baggage, belongings, contraption, effects, habiliment, harness, impedimenta, instrument, kit, luggage, machinery, material, materiel, means, outfit, paraphernalia, rigging, setup, stuff, supply, tackle, things, trappings, accouterment, encumbrances, fittings, kit and kaboodle, possessions, tools |
| Main Entry: | stuff |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | personal belongings |
| Synonyms: | being, effects, equipment, gear, goods, impedimenta, individual, junk*, kit, luggage, paraphernalia, substance, tackle, things, trappings, objects, possessions |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | asset(s) |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | property or money possessed |
| Synonyms: | ace in the hole*, backing, bankroll, budget, capital, credit, equity, estate, funds, goods, holdings, kitty*, mattress, means, nest egg*, nut*, rainy day, resources, riches, sock*, stake, stuff, wealth, ace up sleeve, possessions, reserve(s), something put aside, something put away, stash, valuables |
| Antonyms: | liability |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | means |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | wealth, resources |
| Synonyms: | ace in the hole*, affluence, assets, backing, bankroll, budget, bundle, capital, dough*, estate, finances, fortune, funds, holdings, income, kitty*, money, nest egg*, nut*, pocket, property, purse, rainy day, revenue, riches, savings, sock*, stake, stuff, substance, ways and means*, wherewithal, intangibles, possessions, reserves, securities |
| Antonyms: | paucity, poorness, shame |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | acquisition |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | obtaining or receiving |
| Synonyms: | accretion, achievement, addition, attainment, buy, gain, learning, possession, prize, procurement, procuring, property, purchase, pursuit, recovery, redemption, salvage, winning, acquirement, acquiring, gaining, obtainment, procuration, retrieval |
| Notes: | acquisition is a material possession while an acquirement is a personal skill or knowledge that one gains |
| Antonyms: | dearth, lack, loss, need, want |
| Main Entry: | clutches |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | personal power |
| Synonyms: | control, custody, grasp, grip, keeping, possession, sway, claws, hands |
| Main Entry: | colony |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | community |
| Synonyms: | clearing, dependency, dominion, mandate, offshoot, outpost, possession, province, satellite, settlement, swarm, territory, antecedents, new land, protectorate, subject state |
| Main Entry: | furniture |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | household property |
| Synonyms: | appliance, appointment, bed, bookcase, buffet, bureau, cabinet, chair, chattel, chest, commode, couch, counter, cupboard, davenport, desk, dresser, effect, equipment, goods, hutch, possession, sideboard, sofa, stool, table, thing, wardrobe, fittings, furnishing, highboy, movables |
| Main Entry: | grasp |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | hold, grip |
| Synonyms: | butt, cinch, clamp, clasp, clench, clinch, clutches, embrace, grapple, lug, possession, purchase, tenure |
| Antonyms: | avoidance, release |
| Main Entry: | grip |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | perception, understanding |
| Synonyms: | clutches*, comprehension, control, domination, grasp, hold, influence, keeping, ken, possession, power, tenure |
| Antonyms: | misconception, misunderstanding |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | occupancy |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | residence of place |
| Synonyms: | control, deed, habitation, occupation, ownership, possession, retention, settlement, tenancy, tenure, term, title, use, holding, inhabitance, inhabitancy |
| Main Entry: | prize |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | award, winnings |
| Synonyms: | accolade, acquisition, advantage, blue ribbon*, bonus, bounty, cake*, capture, championship, citation, crown, decoration, dividend, gold*, gravy*, haul, honor, inducement, jackpot, loot*, medal, payoff, pillage, plum*, plunder*, possession, premium, privilege, purse, recompense, requital, reward, scholarship, spoil, spoils, swag*, title, trophy, windfall, acquirement, carrot*, feather in cap, first place, gold star, guerdon, laurel, meed, pickings, stakes, strokes |
| Antonyms: | blame, punishment |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | tenure |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | time in position of responsibility |
| Synonyms: | administration, clamp, clasp, clench, clinch, clutch, dynasty, grasp, grip, hold, occupancy, occupation, ownership, possession, regime, reign, residence, security, tenancy, term, holding, incumbency, proprietorship |
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