Definitions For Possessive

noun

  • The case expressing ownership

adjective

  • Desirous of owning
  • Having or showing a desire to control or dominate

adjective

  • Serving to express or indicate possession

verb

  • A possessive word or phrase
  • The form of a word that shows possession or belonging

Is Possessives a Scrabble Word?

Words With Friends YES
Scrabble US YES
Scrabble UK YES
English International (SOWPODS) YES
Scrabble Global YES
Enable1 Dictionary YES

Points in Different Games

Scrabble
16
Words with Friends
18

The word Possessive is worth 16 points in Scrabble and 18 points in Words with Friends

Examples of Possessive in a Sentence

  • If you marry him, he is only going to become even more jealous and possessive than he is now.
  • The possessive form of “dog” is “dog's.”
  • “His” and “her” are possessive pronouns.
  • “Your” and “yours” are possessives.
  • The possessive of “it” is “its.”

Synonyms for Possessive

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