What is another word for possesses?

Synonyms for possesses
pos·sess·es

This thesaurus page includes all potential synonyms, words with the same meaning and similar terms for the word possesses.


Did you actually mean possess or pipsissewa?

PPDB, the paraphrase database0.0 / 0 votes

  1. List of paraphrases for "possesses":

    owns, has, possessed, holds

How to pronounce possesses?

How to say possesses in sign language?

Words popularity by usage frequency

rankingword
#40has
#3832holds
#9243owns
#15104possessed
#17347possesses

How to use possesses in a sentence?

  1. Brian Kelly:

    He possesses a great understanding of how to defend the type of offenses we will face each week in our conference, it is an honor to join Coach Kelly’s staff at LSU.

  2. Robert Oxton Bolt:

    A belief is not merely an idea the mind possesses it is an idea that possesses the mind.

  3. Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel:

    A single person, I need hardly say, is something subordinate, and as such he must dedicate himself to the ethical whole. Hence, if the State claims life, the individual must surrender it… All the worth which the human being possesses… he possesses only through the State.

  4. Nikolai Patrushev:

    They don't need a strong Russia. On the contrary, they need to weaken our country as much as possible. To achieve this goal, the Russian Federation's disintegration is not ruled out as well, this will open access to the richest resources for the United States, which believes that Russia possesses them undeservingly.

  5. Salvador Dalí:

    It is good taste, and good taste alone, that possesses the power to sterilize and is always the first handicap to any creative functioning.


Translations for possesses

From our Multilingual Translation Dictionary

Get even more translations for possesses »

Translation

Find a translation for the possesses synonym in other languages:

Select another language:

  • - Select -
  • 简体中文 (Chinese - Simplified)
  • 繁體中文 (Chinese - Traditional)
  • Español (Spanish)
  • Esperanto (Esperanto)
  • 日本語 (Japanese)
  • Português (Portuguese)
  • Deutsch (German)
  • العربية (Arabic)
  • Français (French)
  • Русский (Russian)
  • ಕನ್ನಡ (Kannada)
  • 한국어 (Korean)
  • עברית (Hebrew)
  • Gaeilge (Irish)
  • Українська (Ukrainian)
  • اردو (Urdu)
  • Magyar (Hungarian)
  • मानक हिन्दी (Hindi)
  • Indonesia (Indonesian)
  • Italiano (Italian)
  • தமிழ் (Tamil)
  • Türkçe (Turkish)
  • తెలుగు (Telugu)
  • ภาษาไทย (Thai)
  • Tiếng Việt (Vietnamese)
  • Čeština (Czech)
  • Polski (Polish)
  • Bahasa Indonesia (Indonesian)
  • Românește (Romanian)
  • Nederlands (Dutch)
  • Ελληνικά (Greek)
  • Latinum (Latin)
  • Svenska (Swedish)
  • Dansk (Danish)
  • Suomi (Finnish)
  • فارسی (Persian)
  • ייִדיש (Yiddish)
  • հայերեն (Armenian)
  • Norsk (Norwegian)
  • English (English)

Citation

Use the citation below to add these synonyms to your bibliography:

Style:MLAChicagoAPA

"possesses." Synonyms.com. STANDS4 LLC, 2024. Web. 1 May 2024. <https://www.synonyms.com/synonym/possesses>.

Discuss these possesses synonyms with the community:

0 Comments

    Are we missing a good synonym for possesses?

    Free, no signup required:

    Add to Chrome

    Get instant synonyms for any word that hits you anywhere on the web!

    Free, no signup required:

    Add to Firefox

    Get instant synonyms for any word that hits you anywhere on the web!

    Browse Synonyms.com

    Quiz

    Are you a human thesaurus?

    »
    An antonym for the term "Ductile"?
    A fictile
    B pliable
    C malleable
    D intractable

    Nearby & related entries:

    Alternative searches for possesses: