Retentive synonyms and antonyms

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recollective
Of or pertaining to recollection.
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anally (related)
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cold-hearted (related)
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thin-skin (related)
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unretentive (antonym)
Not retentive
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long
(Prosody) Requiring a relatively long time to pronounce
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tenacious
Clinging to another object or surface; adhesive:
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Retentive Sentence Examples

  • What a wonderfully active and retentive mind that gifted child must have!

  • He had a most retentive memory and a very keen power of observation.

  • An uneven subsoil, especially if retentive, is most undesirable, as water is apt to collect in the hollows, and thus affect the upper soil.

  • I used to be anally retentive, then I lost my ass, Cheers, Gerry.

  • Speaking generally, clay soils retentive of moisture produce heavy-cropping tobaccos which cure to a dark brown or red colour.

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