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1 Retentive -- rank: 1000

Retentive definitions Webster's 1828 Dictionary RETEN'TIVE, a. Having the power to retain; as a retentive memory; the retentive faculty; the retentive force of the stomach; a body retentive of heat or moisture. WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005) adj 1: good at remembering; "a retentive mind"; "tenacious memory" [syn: retentive, recollective, long, tenacious] [ant: ...

2 anal-retentive -- rank: 842

anal-retentive definitions Merriam Webster's adjective Date: 1953 exhibiting or typifying ... obstinacy) held to be psychological consequences of toilet training • anal-retentive noun • anal-retentiveness noun

3 anal retentive personality -- rank: 842

anal retentive personality definitions WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005) n 1: (psychoanalysis ... as a consequence of toilet training) [syn: anal personality, anal retentive personality]

4 anal retentive -- rank: 842

anal retentive definitions WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005) adj 1: a stage ... result in orderliness, meanness, stubbornness, compulsiveness, etc. [syn: anal, anal retentive] [ant: oral]

5 Tenacious -- rank: 627

... of their opinions, as well as of their property. 2. Retentive; apt to retain long what is committed to it; as ... r) 3.0 (2005) adj 1: good at remembering; "a retentive mind"; "tenacious memory" [syn: retentive, recollective, long, tenacious] [ant: forgetful, short, unretentive] 2: stubbornly unyielding ... desired < a tenacious advocate of civil rights > < tenacious negotiators > b. retentive < a tenacious memory > Synonyms: see strong • tenaciously adverb • tenaciousness noun ... property, principles, life, etc.; not readily relinquishing. 2 (of memory) retentive. 3 holding fast. 4 strongly cohesive. 5 persistent, resolute. 6 ... men tenacious of their just rights. 2. Apt to retain; retentive; as, a tenacious memory. 3. Having parts apt to ...

6 retentively -- rank: 395

... definitions WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005) adv 1: in a retentive manner Merriam Webster's adverb see retentive Webster's 1913 Dictionary Retentively Re*ten"tive*ly, adv. In a retentive manner.

7 Recollective -- rank: 312

... r) 3.0 (2005) adj 1: good at remembering; "a retentive mind"; "tenacious memory" [syn: retentive, recollective, long, tenacious] [ant: forgetful, short, unretentive] Webster's 1913 ...

8 Retentiveness -- rank: 312

... soil" [syn: retentiveness, retentivity, retention] Merriam Webster's noun see retentive Webster's 1913 Dictionary Retentiveness Re*ten"tive*ness, n. The quality of being retentive.

9 Long -- rank: 312

... out the long French windows" 4: good at remembering; "a retentive mind"; "tenacious memory" [syn: retentive, recollective, long, tenacious] [ant: forgetful, short, unretentive] 5: holding securities ...

10 Short -- rank: 312

... a short memory" [syn: unretentive, forgetful, short] [ant: long, recollective, retentive, tenacious] 6: not holding securities or commodities that one sells ... not extended in time ; brief < a short vacation > b. not retentive < a short memory > c. expeditious, quick < made short work of ...

11 Irretentive -- rank: 312

Irretentive definitions Webster's 1828 Dictionary IRRETEN'TIVE, a. Not retentive or apt to retain. Webster's 1913 Dictionary Irretentive Ir`re*ten"tive, a. Not retentive; as, an irretentive memory.

12 Anal -- rank: 312

... result in orderliness, meanness, stubbornness, compulsiveness, etc. [syn: anal, anal retentive] [ant: oral] Merriam Webster's I. adjective Date: 1769 1 ... to or situated near the anus. Phrases and idioms: anal retentive (of a person) excessively orderly and fussy (supposedly owing to ...

13 Holding -- rank: 197

... property rights, property-owning, propping, proprietary rights, repression, retainment, retention, retentive, retentiveness, retentivity, right, right of entry, round lot, seisin, seized ...

14 MACCABEES, BOOKS OF -- rank: 197

... his own early life were recorded. Oral tradition, much more retentive of songs, speeches and the like in ancient than in ...

15 Mindful -- rank: 197

... to, prudent, punctilious, punctual, rankled, redolent, regardful, remembering, remindful, reminiscent, retentive, retrospective, safe, sagacious, scrupulous, seized of, sensible, sensible of, sensible ...