| ADJECTIVE | all | retentive, recollective, long, tenacious | good at remembering |
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| pert | retentive | having the capacity to retain something | |
| all | retentive | having the power, capacity, or quality of retaining water |
| Meaning | Good at remembering. | |
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| Example | "a retentive mind" | |
| Synonyms | recollective, long, tenacious | |
| See also | mindful, aware | bearing in mind |
| Opposite | unretentive, forgetful, short | (of memory) deficient in retentiveness or range |
| Spanish | retentivo, tenaz | |
| Nouns | retentiveness, retentivity | the power of retaining and recalling past experience |
| Adverbs | retentively | in a retentive manner |
| Verbs | retain | keep in one's mind / mind |
| retain | hold back within | |
| Meaning | Having the capacity to retain something. | |
|---|---|---|
| Nouns | retention | the act of retaining something |
| retentiveness | the property of retaining possessions that have been acquired | |
| Meaning | Having the power, capacity, or quality of retaining water. | |
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| Example | "soils retentive of moisture" | |
| Broader | impermeable | preventing especially liquids / liquids to pass or diffuse through |
| Nouns | retentiveness, retentivity | the power of retaining liquid |
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