- jealously opposed to the personal independence of, or to any influence other than one's own upon, a child, spouse, etc.
- desirous of possessing, especially excessively so: Young children are so possessive they will not allow others to play with their toys; a possessive lover.
- of or relating to possession or ownership.
- Grammar.
- indicating possession, ownership, origin, etc. His in his book is a possessive adjective. His in The book is his is a possessive pronoun.
- noting or pertaining to a case that indicates possession, ownership, origin, etc., as, in English, John's in John's hat.
- the possessive case.
- a form in the possessive.
- of or relating to possession or ownership
- having or showing an excessive desire to possess, control, or dominate
- grammar
- another word for genitive (def. 1)
- denoting an inflected form of a noun or pronoun used to convey the idea of possession, association, etc, as my or Harry's
- grammar
- the possessive case
- a word or speech element in the possessive case
