| Main Entry: | possession |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | control, ownership |
Synonyms: |
custody, dominion, hold, occupancy, occupation, possessorship, proprietary, proprietary rights, proprietorship, retention, tenancy, tenure, title |
Antonyms: |
lack, need, want |
| Main Entry: | possession |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | something owned; property |
Synonyms: |
accessories, appointments, appurtenances, assets, baggage, belongings, chattels, effects, equipment, estate, fixtures, furnishings, furniture, goods, impedimenta, paraphernalia, province, real estate, settlement, tangibles, territory, things, trappings, tricks, wealth |
| Main Entry: | acquisition |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | obtaining or receiving |
Synonyms: |
accretion, achievement, acquirement, acquiring, addition, attainment, buy, gain, gaining, learning, obtainment, possession, prize, procuration, procurement, procuring, property, purchase, pursuit, recovery, redemption, retrieval, salvage, winning |
| 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: | asset(s) |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | property or money possessed |
Synonyms: |
ace in the hole, ace up sleeve, backing, bankroll, budget, capital, credit, equity, estate, funds, goods, holdings, kitty, mattress, means, nest egg, nut*, possessions, rainy day, reserve(s), resources, riches, sock, something put aside, something put away, stake, stash, stuff, valuables, wealth |
Antonyms: |
liability |
| Main Entry: | clutches |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | personal power |
Synonyms: |
claws, control, custody, grasp, grip, hands, keeping, possession, sway |
| Main Entry: | colony |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | community |
Synonyms: |
antecedents, clearing, dependency, dominion, mandate, new land, offshoot, outpost, possession, protectorate, province, satellite, settlement, subject state, swarm, territory |
| Main Entry: | effects |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | belongings |
Synonyms: |
accouterments, chattels, goods, holdings, paraphernalia, possessions, property, stuff, things, trappings |
| Main Entry: | funds |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | cash reserve |
Synonyms: |
accounts receivable, affluence, assets, backing, bankroll, belongings, bread, budget, capital, collateral, currency, dough, earnings, finance, fluid assets, hard cash, kitty, lucre, means, money, money in the bank, money on hand, nest egg, nut*, petty cash, pork barrel, possessions, proceeds, profits, property, ready money, resources, revenue, savings, scratch*, securities, specie, stakes, store*, stuff*, substance, treasure, wealth, wherewithal, winnings |
Antonyms: |
debt |
| 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, fittings, furnishing, goods, highboy, hutch, movables, possession, sideboard, sofa, stool, table, thing, wardrobe |
| Main Entry: | gear |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | equipment |
Synonyms: |
accessory, accouterment, adjunct, apparatus, appendage, appurtenance, baggage, belongings, contraption, effects, encumbrances, fittings, habiliment, harness, impedimenta, instrument, kit, kit and kaboodle, luggage, machinery, material, materiel, means, outfit, paraphernalia, possessions, rigging, setup, stuff, supply, tackle, things, tools, trappings |