retentive

Plural: retentives

Adjective

• good at remembering
  • "a retentive mind"
• having the capacity to retain something

Adjective Satellite

• having the power, capacity, or quality of retaining water
  • "soils retentive of moisture"

Adj

• Having power to retain
• anal-retentive

Noun

• That which retains or confines; a restraint.

Examples

• a retentive memory
• a soil that is highly retentive of rainwater

Synonyms

long, recollective, tenacious

Antonyms

unretentive

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