RETENTIVENESS as NOUN

1. Meaning
   • the power of retaining liquid
   Synonym(s)
   • retention (what does retention mean?)
   • retentivity (what does retentivity mean?)
   Usage Example(s)
   • moisture retentivity of soil
   Hypernyms(s) retentiveness is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • impermeability (what does impermeability mean?)
   • impermeableness (what does impermeableness mean?)
   Hyponym(s)
   • urinary retention (what does urinary retention mean?)
2. Meaning
   • the property of retaining possessions that have been acquired
   Hypernyms(s) retentiveness is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • acquisitiveness (what does acquisitiveness mean?)
3. Meaning
   • the power of retaining and recalling past experience
   Synonym(s)
   • memory (what does memory mean?)
   • retention (what does retention mean?)
   Usage Example(s)
   • he had a good memory when he was younger
   Hypernyms(s) retentiveness is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • faculty (what does faculty mean?)
   • mental faculty (what does mental faculty mean?)
   • module (what does module mean?)
   Hyponym(s)
   • remembrance (what does remembrance mean?)
   • recollection (what does recollection mean?)
   • anamnesis (what does anamnesis mean?)
   Derived(s)
   • retain (what does retain mean?)
   • memorize (what does memorize mean?)
   • memorise (what does memorise mean?)
   • con (what does con mean?)
   • learn (what does learn mean?)