Retentiveness
71retentive — ► 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 retentivity noun …
72retentively — retentive ► 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 retentivity noun …
73retentivity — retentive ► 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 retentivity noun …
74retentive — [ri ten′tiv] adj. [ME retentif < MFr < LL retentivus] 1. retaining or tending to retain 2. having the power of or capacity for retaining 3. a) tenacious [a retentive memory] b) having a good memory retentively …
75acquisitiveness — noun strong desire to acquire and possess • Derivationally related forms: ↑acquisitive • Hypernyms: ↑greed • Hyponyms: ↑bibliomania, ↑retentiveness, ↑retentivity …
76impermeability — noun the property of something that cannot be pervaded by a liquid • Syn: ↑impermeableness • Ant: ↑permeability • Derivationally related forms: ↑impermeable (for: ↑impermeableness), ↑ …
77impermeableness — noun the property of something that cannot be pervaded by a liquid • Syn: ↑impermeability • Ant: ↑permeability (for: ↑impermeability) • Derivationally related forms: ↑impermeable, ↑ …
78mental faculty — noun one of the inherent cognitive or perceptual powers of the mind • Syn: ↑faculty, ↑module • Hypernyms: ↑ability, ↑power • Hyponyms: ↑attention, ↑language, ↑ …
79recollective — adjective good at remembering a retentive mind tenacious memory • Syn: ↑retentive, ↑long, ↑tenacious • Ant: ↑unretentive (for: ↑ …
80retentive — adj. 1 (often foll. by of) tending to retain (moisture etc.). 2 (of memory or a person) not forgetful. 3 Surgery (of a ligature etc.) serving to keep something in place. Derivatives: retentively adv. retentiveness n. Etymology: ME f. OF retentif… …
