Related Words for possess

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WordSyllablesCategories
own
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Verb, Verb
have
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Verb, Verb
acquires
x/x
Verb
utilize
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Verb
attain
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Verb
obtains
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Verb
retains
x/
Verb
embody
x/x
Verb
possession
x/x
Noun
employ
x/
Verb
exude
x/
Verb
demonstrate
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Verb
seize
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Verb
boast
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Noun
impart
x/
Verb
wield
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Verb
cultivate
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Verb
produce
x/
Verb
recognize
/xx
Verb
sufficient
x/x
Adjective
exert
x/
Verb
possessors
x/x
Noun
carry
/x
Verb
flaunt
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Verb
contain
x/
Verb
relinquish
x/x
Verb
covet
/x
Verb
utilise
x/x
Verb
procure
x/
Verb
imbue
x/
Verb
require
x/x
Verb
furnish
/x
Verb
convey
x/
Verb
confer
x/
Verb
develop
x/x
Verb
must
/
Verb, Noun
imbibe
x/
Verb
hold
/
Noun
ability
x/xx
Noun
inherit
x/x
Verb
bestow
x/
Verb
ascribe
x/
Verb
represent
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Verb
maintain
x/
Verb
lacks
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Verb
contend
x/
Verb
comprehend
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Verb
squander
/x
Verb
reside
x/
Verb
operate
/xx
Verb
permit
x/
Noun
amass
x/
Verb
occupy
/xx
Verb
devoid
x/
Noun
derive
x/
Verb
assert
x/
Verb
prove
/
Verb
knowledge
/x
Noun
profess
x/
Verb
capable
/xx
Adjective
exemplify
x/xx
Verb
accumulate
x/xx
Verb
induce
x/
Verb
discover
x/x
Verb
provide
x/
Verb
gain
/
Noun
truly
/x
Adverb
presuppose
xx/
Verb
requisite
/xx
Adjective
personify
x/xx
Verb
able
/x
Adjective
endow
x/
Verb
unquestionably
x/xxx
Adverb
offer
/x
Noun
consume
x/
Verb
inhabit
x/x
Verb
uncover
x/x
Verb
affirm
x/
Verb
manifest
/xx
Adjective
likewise
/x
Adverb
wherewithal
/xx
Adjective
perceive
x/
Verb
usurp
x/
Verb
capability
xx/xx
Noun
recognise
/xx
Verb
undergo
xx/
Verb
ordinarily
xx/xx
Adverb
exploit
/x
Verb
generate
/xx
Verb
sell
/
Verb
achieve
x/
Verb
proffer
/x
Noun
constitute
/xx
Verb
cherish
/x
Verb
combine
/x
Verb
partake
x/
Verb
exist
x/
Verb
renounce
x/
Verb
grasp
/
Noun
presume
x/
Verb
intend
x/
Verb
confiscate
/xx
Verb
destroy
x/
Verb
lose
/
Verb
evoke
x/
Verb
relish
/x
Noun
attest
x/
Adjective
vanquish
/x
Verb
deny
x/
Verb
fulfill
x/
Verb
deprive
x/
Verb
deliver
x/x
Verb
superior
x/xx
Adjective
present
/x
Noun
accomplish
x/x
Verb
realize
/xx
Verb
regain
x/
Verb
belong
x/
Verb
ought
/
Verb, Noun, Adverb
declare
x/
Verb
lend
/
Verb
sustain
x/
Verb
necessitate
x/xx
Verb
steal
/
Verb
gumption
/x
Noun
qualify
/xx
Verb
obliterate
x/xx
Verb
additionally
x/xxx
Adverb
nevertheless
xxx/
Adverb
furthermore
/xx
Adverb
annihilate
x/xx
Verb
seek
/
Verb
divulge
x/
Verb
exhibited
x/xx
Verb
avail
x/
Noun
matchless
/x
Noun
undertake
/xx
Verb
preserve
x/
Verb
give
/
Verb
desiring
x/xx
Verb
surpass
x/
Verb
overcome
/xx
Verb
create
x/
Verb
enhance
x/
Verb
aspire
x/
Verb
receive
x/
Verb
signify
/xx
Verb
appraise
x/
Verb
master
/x
Noun
claim
/
Noun
seize upon
/x/
Phrase, Verb
keep
/
Verb
attribute
/xx
Noun
take over
//x
Phrase, Verb
secure
x/
Adjective
take
/
Verb
unmanly
x/x
Adverb
diffusive
x/x
Adjective
innately
x/x
Adverb
qualifications
xxx/x
Noun
qualities
/xx
Noun
reputed
x/x
Verb
inherently
x/xx
Adverb
properties
/xx
Noun
virtues
/x
Noun
amazing
x/x
Adjective
are
/
Noun
artistic
x/x
Adjective, Adverb
assimilative
x/xxx
Adjective
bear
/
Verb, Noun, Adjective
capture
/x
Verb, Noun
car
/
Noun
coaching
/x
Noun
collect
x/
Verb, Adjective, Adverb, Noun
consumers
x/x
Noun
consummate
/xx
Adjective, Verb
crave
/
Verb, Noun
culinary
/xxx
Adjective
detain
x/
Verb
detention
x/x
Noun
discontent
xx/
Noun, Verb, Adjective
dispose
x/
Verb, Noun
enjoy
x/
Verb
enviable
/xxx
Adjective
enviously
/xxx
Adverb
evil
/x
Adjective, Noun, Adverb
exceptional
x/xx
Adjective, Noun
exorcist
/xx
Noun
firsthand
x/
Adjective, Adverb
friend
/
Noun, Verb
intellectual
xx/xx
Adjective, Noun
jealous
/x
Adjective, Verb
longingly
/xx
Adverb
meet
/
Verb, Noun, Adjective
miraculous
x/xx
Adjective
owner
/x
Noun
ownership
/xx
Noun
phenomenal
x/xx
Adjective
precocious
x/x
Adjective
repossess
xx/
Verb
seafaring
/xx
Adjective, Noun
sonal
/x
Noun
stipulates
/xx
Verb
unsurpassed
xx/
Adjective
vaunted
/x
Adjective
breakeven
/xx
Verb, Noun, Adjective
save
/
Verb, Noun
milestone
/x
Noun, Verb
tell
/
Verb, Noun
get
/
Verb, Noun
no
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Noun, Adverb, Adjective
anymore
xx/
Adverb
sorta
/x
Adverb
off
/
Adverb, Adjective, Verb, Noun
oh
/
Noun, Verb
headlines
/x
Noun
cloth
/
Noun
expression
x/x
Noun