Thesaurus / retentive
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synonyms for retentive
See also synonyms for: retentiveness / unretentive
- cohesive
- determined
- dogged
- forceful
- persistent
- relentless
- resolute
- spunky
- staunch
- steadfast
- stout
- strong-willed
- stubborn
- tough
- unswerving
- adamant
- bound
- clinging
- coherent
- fast
- firm
- inflexible
- intransigent
- iron
- meaning business
- mulish
- obdurate
- obstinate
- persevering
- persisting
- pertinacious
- possessive
- purposeful
- set
- solid
- stalwart
- sturdy
- sure
- tight
- true
- unforgetful
- unshakable
- adhesive
- clinging
- clingy
- fast
- firm
- fixed
- glutinous
- gummy
- inseparable
- mucilaginous
- resisting
- secure
- set
- tacky
- tight
- viscid
- viscose
- viscous
- waxy
antonyms for retentive
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How to use retentive in a sentence
She had an extremely retentive memory, read well, and evinced great love of reading.
THE CHILDHOOD OF DISTINGUISHED WOMENSELINA A. BOWERHis knowledge of history, more especially of military history, was profound, and his memory was singularly retentive.
LETTERS OF LT.-COL. GEORGE BRENTON LAURIEGEORGE BRENTON LAURIEAt the start he was blest with a most marvelous and retentive memory, and a keen sense of the practical side of life.
THE BAY STATE MONTHLY, VOL. II, NO. 6, MARCH, 1885VARIOUSSuccess cannot be expected in a soil unduly retentive of moisture.
AMATEUR GARDENCRAFTEBEN E. REXFORDHe had been tolerably well educated; and being fond of reading, with a retentive memory, he possessed a good deal of information.
PETER THE WHALERW.H.G. KINGSTONHis judgment was as sound as his memory was retentive; it was almost infallible,--no one was ever known to have been misled by it.
BEACON LIGHTS OF HISTORY, VOLUME VIJOHN LORDThe farmer bore with her dreary rattling of the box in demonstration of its retentive capacities.
RHODA FLEMING, COMPLETEGEORGE MEREDITHHe had a really surprisingly retentive memory, and picked up a good bit even in that little time.
DR. JOLLIFFE'S BOYSLEWIS HOUGHThe looseness of the vessels and the weakness of the retentive faculty, is known from a moist and loose habit of the body.
THE WORKS OF ARISTOTLE THE FAMOUS PHILOSOPHERANONYMOUSIf it proceeds from the retentive faculty, and looseness of the vessels, it is to be corrected with gentle astringents.
THE WORKS OF ARISTOTLE THE FAMOUS PHILOSOPHERANONYMOUSWORDS RELATED TO RETENTIVE
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