possession

possession is a 10-letter English word with 12 senses as noun and transitive verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: The act or state of possessing, or holding as one's own. Face value is 12 in Scrabble and 14 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

10 letters · Scrabble 12 · Words With Friends 14 · 12 senses

Definitions

1. noun. The act or state of possessing, or holding as one's own.
2. noun. The having, holding, or detention of property in one's power or command; actual seizin or occupancy; ownership, whether rightful or wrongful.
3. noun. The thing possessed; that which any one occupies, owns, or controls; in the plural, property in the aggregate; wealth; dominion; as, foreign possessions.
4. noun. The state of being possessed or controlled, as by an evil spirit, or violent passions; madness; frenzy; as, demoniacal possession.
5. transitive verb. To invest with property.
6. noun. anything owned or possessed
7. noun. the act of having and controlling property

   Synonyms: ownership

8. noun. (sport) the act of controlling the ball (or puck)

   "they took possession of the ball on their own goal line"

9. noun. the trait of resolutely controlling your own behavior

   Synonyms: willpower

10. noun. a territory that is controlled by a ruling state
11. noun. a mania restricted to one thing or idea

    Synonyms: monomania

12. noun. being controlled by passion or the supernatural

Synonyms

ownership, willpower, monomania

Common word forms

possessions, possessional, possessioned, possessioner, possessiones, possessionless

Words from these letters

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