HOLDING as NOUN

1. Meaning
   • the act of keeping in your possession
   Synonym(s)
   • keeping (what does keeping mean?)
   • retention (what does retention mean?)
   Hypernyms(s) holding is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • possession (what does possession mean?)
   • ownership (what does ownership mean?)
   Hyponym(s)
   • withholding (what does withholding mean?)
   • storage (what does storage mean?)
   Derived(s)
   • retain (what does retain mean?)
   • hold (what does hold mean?)
   • keep back (what does keep back mean?)
   • hold back (what does hold back mean?)
   • keep (what does keep mean?)
   • hold on (what does hold on mean?)
   • retain (what does retain mean?)
   • hold (what does hold mean?)
   • keep back (what does keep back mean?)
   • hold back (what does hold back mean?)
2. Meaning
   • something owned
   • any tangible or intangible possession that is owned by someone
   Synonym(s)
   • belongings (what does belongings mean?)
   • material possession (what does material possession mean?)
   • property (what does property mean?)
   Usage Example(s)
   • that hat is my property
   • he is a man of property
   Hypernyms(s) holding is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • possession (what does possession mean?)
   Hyponym(s)
   • worldly possessions (what does worldly possessions mean?)
   • worldly belongings (what does worldly belongings mean?)
   • worldly goods (what does worldly goods mean?)
   • ratables (what does ratables mean?)
   • rateables (what does rateables mean?)
   • hereditament (what does hereditament mean?)
   • intellectual property (what does intellectual property mean?)
   • community property (what does community property mean?)
   • personal property (what does personal property mean?)
   • personal estate (what does personal estate mean?)
   • personalty (what does personalty mean?)
   • private property (what does private property mean?)
   • things (what does things mean?)
   • real property (what does real property mean?)
   • real estate (what does real estate mean?)
   • realty (what does realty mean?)
   • commonage (what does commonage mean?)
   • landholding (what does landholding mean?)
   • salvage (what does salvage mean?)
   • shareholding (what does shareholding mean?)
   • spiritualty (what does spiritualty mean?)
   • spirituality (what does spirituality mean?)
   • church property (what does church property mean?)
   • lease (what does lease mean?)
   • rental (what does rental mean?)
   • letting (what does letting mean?)
   • trade-in (what does trade-in mean?)
   • public property (what does public property mean?)
   • wealth (what does wealth mean?)
   • estate (what does estate mean?)
   • heirloom (what does heirloom mean?)
   • stockholding (what does stockholding mean?)
   • stockholdings (what does stockholdings mean?)
   • trust (what does trust mean?)
   Derived(s)
   • have (what does have mean?)
   • have got (what does have got mean?)
   • hold (what does hold mean?)
   • belong (what does belong mean?)

HOLDING as ADJECTIVE

1. Meaning
   • designed for (usually temporary) retention
   Synonym(s)
   • retaining (what does retaining mean?)
   Usage Example(s)
   • a holding pen
   • a retaining wall
   Similar To
   • retentive (what does retentive mean?)