possessive

  • (a) serving to express or indicate possession
    • possessive pronouns
    • the genitive endings
    genitive,
  • (s) desirous of owning
    • small children are so possessive they will not let others play with their toys
  • (s) having or showing a desire to control or dominate
    • a possessive parent

Nouns

Synonyms

genitive genitive case possessive case

Words of close approximity

possession
possessive case possessively possessiveness