| Main Entry: | possessive |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | greedy |
Synonyms: |
acquisitive, avaricious, controlling, craving, desirous, dominating, grabby, grasping, hoggish, selfish |
| Main Entry: | jealous |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | desirous; wary |
Synonyms: |
anxious, apprehensive, attentive, begrudging, covetous, demanding, doubting, emulous, envious, envying, grabby, grasping, green-eyed, grudging, guarded, intolerant, invidious, jaundiced, mistrustful, monopolizing, possessive, possessory, protective, questioning, resentful, rival, skeptical, solicitous, suspicious, vigilant, watchful, zealous |
| Notes: | jealous means envious or fearful of being replaced by a rival; zealous means marked by active interest and enthusiasm |
Antonyms: |
confident, content, satisfied, trusting, unresentful |
| 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 |
| 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 |