possessive
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
- Line style
- core relation
- instance, member or derived
- substance, domain or see-also
- Direction
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
the case expressing ownership
Types & categories
- oblique hypernym
- attributive genitive hyponym
Sense 2 adjective
serving to express or indicate possession
possessive pronouns
Related & opposite
Sense 3 adjective
desirous of owning
small children are so possessive they will not let others play with their toys
Related & opposite
- possessiveness derivation
- own derivation
- acquisitive similar to
Sense 4 adjective
having or showing a desire to control or dominate
a possessive parent
Related & opposite
- possessiveness derivation
- own derivation
- dominant similar to
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | oblique |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | attributive genitive |
| 2 | domain topic | Related & opposite | grammar |
| 2 | pertains to | Related & opposite | genitive |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | possessiveness |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | own |
| 3 | similar to | Related & opposite | acquisitive |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | possessiveness |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | own |
| 4 | similar to | Related & opposite | dominant |