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. adjective. Having power to retain; as, a retentive memory.
2. noun. That which retains or confines; a restraint.
3. adjective. having the power, capacity, or quality of retaining water

   "soils retentive of moisture"

4. adjective. good at remembering

   "a retentive mind"

   "tenacious memory"

   Synonyms: long, recollective, tenacious

5. adjective. having the capacity to retain something

Synonyms

long, recollective, tenacious

Common word forms

retentively, retentiveness

Words from these letters

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