All possessiveness synonyms
pos·ses·sive
P p noun possessiveness
- acquisitiveness — tending or seeking to acquire and own, often greedily; eager to get wealth, possessions, etc.: our acquisitive impulses; acquisitive societies.
- cupidity — Cupidity is a greedy desire for money and possessions.
- attachment — If you have an attachment to someone or something, you are fond of them or loyal to them.
- graspingness — The quality of being grasping.
- jealousness — feeling resentment against someone because of that person's rivalry, success, or advantages (often followed by of): He was jealous of his rich brother.
- jealousy — jealous resentment against a rival, a person enjoying success or advantage, etc., or against another's success or advantage itself.
- greediness — excessively or inordinately desirous of wealth, profit, etc.; avaricious: the greedy owners of the company.
- itching — of, relating to, or characterized by an irritating sensation of the skin.