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retentive

retentive is a 9-letter English word with 5 senses as adjective and noun in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: Having power to retain; as, a retentive memory. 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.

9 letters · Scrabble 12 · Words With Friends 14 · 5 senses

Definitions

  1. 1adjective

    Having power to retain; as, a retentive memory.

  2. 2noun

    That which retains or confines; a restraint.

  3. 3adjective

    having the power, capacity, or quality of retaining water

    "soils retentive of moisture"

  4. 4adjective

    good at remembering

    "a retentive mind"

    "tenacious memory"

    Synonyms

    longrecollectivetenacious
  5. 5adjective

    having the capacity to retain something

Synonyms

longrecollectivetenacious

Common word forms

retentivelyretentiveness

Words from these letters

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