Possess [verb]

Definition of Possess:

have or obtain

Synonyms of Possess:

● Enjoy

● Own

● Seize

● Acquire

● Occupy

● Maintain

● Carry

● Retain

● Control

● Hog

● Dominate

● Bear

● Corner

● Grab

● Hold

● Be blessed with

● Be born with

● Be endowed with

● Corner the market

● Get hands on

● Get hold of

● Have to name

● Latch on to

● Lock up

● Sit on

● Take over

● Take possession


Opposite/Antonyms of Possess:

● Miss

● Abandon

● Yield

● Fail

● Free

● Let go

● Lose

● Dispossess

● Forsake

● Surrender

● Release

● Need

● Lack


Sentence/Example of Possess:

The misfortune was that this was the only thing they cared to possess.

In painting, we believe we possess a school second to none of modern art.

If our whole horizon of truth were not broadened, we could not possess this command.

There are some papers and some money I must possess myself of.

It is tragic how few people ever ‘possess their souls’ before they die.

For all that, I know very well what a treasure I possess in Andrew the carpenter.

Faith is the soul's eyesight; and when we possess it the world is never dark nor lonely.

I daresay your wife'll have a child just about the time you've spent every ha'penny you possess.

I possess his secret; I could give him up to the king's wrath; I could bring him to the death.

Love wants to possess the beloved object—and to make her happy.