Retentiveness
51memory — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) Retention of thought Nouns 1. memory, remembrance, retention, retentiveness, reminiscence, recognition, recurrence, recollection, retrospect, retrospection, afterthought; computer memory (see computers) …
52retention — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) Keeping in possession Nouns 1. retention, retaining, holding, keeping, custody, maintenance, preservation; hold, grasp, gripe, grip, clutch[es]; snare, trap. See possession, restraint, tenacity. 2.… …
53Memory — (Roget s Thesaurus) < N PARAG:Memory >N GRP: N 1 Sgm: N 1 memory memory remembrance Sgm: N 1 retention retention retentiveness Sgm: N 1 tenacity tenacity Sgm: N 1 veteris vestigia flammae veteris vestigia flammae Sgm: N 1 tablets of the… …
54retentive — re|ten|tive [rıˈtentıv] adj a retentive memory or mind is able to hold facts and remember them →↑anal >retentiveness n [U] …
55anal-retentive — adjective Psychoanalysis excessively orderly and fussy (supposedly owing to conflict over toilet training in infancy). Derivatives anal retention noun anal retentiveness noun …
56retentive — adjective 1》 (of a person s memory) effective in retaining facts and impressions. 2》 able to retain or hold in place. Derivatives retentively adverb retentiveness noun …
57tenaciousness — n. Retentiveness, firmness, adhesiveness …
58tenacity — n. 1. Retentiveness, tenaciousness. 2. Adhesiveness, cohesiveness, glutinousness, viscidity, toughness. 3. Stubbornness, pertinacity, obstinacy, firmness, persistency …
59retentive — adjective a retentive memory or mind is able to hold facts and remember them retentively adverb retentiveness noun (U) …
60absorb — 1 Absorb, imbibe, assimilate can all mean to take (something) in so as to become imbued with it or to make it a part of one’s being. The original meaning of absorb, to swallow up (both literally and figuratively), has been retained in spite of… …
