(pos-sess) 2 syllables

Definition

verb. to have or own something.

Example Sentence

Jane and Sally both possess the entire set of Little House books.

More Example Sentences

He hopes to possess great wisdom.

Synonyms

own; have; hold

Antonyms

lack; lose; forfeit

Hear It! Say It! Write It!

possess
Hear It! Say It! Write It!

Rhymes

  • bess
  • besse
  • bless
  • bress
  • bresse
  • ches
  • chess
  • cress
  • crests
  • dress
  • es
  • ess
  • esse
  • fess
  • fests
  • gess
  • gless
  • gress
  • guess
  • guests'
  • guests
  • hess
  • hesse
  • jess
  • kess
  • kless
  • kness
  • kress
  • kresse
  • les
  • less
  • mess
  • nes
  • ness
  • pesce
  • pless
  • press
  • press'
  • presse
  • ques
  • ress
  • s
  • s.
  • stress
  • tess
  • tress
  • vess
  • wes
  • yes

  • address
  • aggress
  • assess
  • attests
  • bequests
  • caress
  • compress
  • confess
  • contests
  • depress
  • digests
  • digress
  • distress
  • divests
  • egress
  • ellesse
  • etess
  • excess
  • express
  • express'
  • finesse
  • fluoresce
  • forbess
  • fs
  • impress
  • infests
  • invests
  • l'express
  • largesse
  • ls
  • lutece
  • lyness
  • molests
  • noblesse
  • obsess
  • oppress
  • possess
  • profess
  • progress
  • protests
  • recess
  • redress
  • regress
  • repress
  • requests
  • retests
  • siese
  • simplesse
  • success
  • suggests
  • suppress
  • transgress
  • ts
  • undress
  • unless
  • us
  • vs

  • abs
  • acquiesce
  • ccs
  • coalesce
  • convalesce
  • cps
  • cus
  • dispossess
  • dss
  • ers
  • ins
  • las
  • lcs
  • nonetheless
  • oas
  • pos
  • reassess
  • reinvests
  • repossess
  • uss
  • uys

  • abts
  • adss
  • cmos
  • hces
  • kjos
  • nevertheless
  • stds
  • tcas
  • ws