Dictionary and Thesaurus

Definition of Possession

• (n.) The act or state of possessing, or holding as one's own.
• (n.) The having, holding, or detention of property in one's power or command; actual seizin or occupancy; ownership, whether rightful or wrongful.
• (n.) The thing possessed; that which any one occupies, owns, or controls; in the plural, property in the aggregate; wealth; dominion; as, foreign possessions.
• (n.) The state of being possessed or controlled, as by an evil spirit, or violent passions; madness; frenzy; as, demoniacal possession.
• (v. t.) To invest with property.

Synonyms of Possession

• Ownership
• Monomania
• Self-Control
• Self-Possession
• Willpower
• Will Power
• Self-Command
• Self-Will

Antonyms of Possession

Homophones of Possession