Definition of retentive
Adjectives
good at remembering
"a retentive mind"
- Synonyms:
- long, recollective, tenacious
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aware, mindful
bearing in mind; attentive to
- Antonyms:
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unretentive
(of memory) deficient in retentiveness or range
- forgetful, short
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mindless, unmindful
not mindful or attentive
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having the capacity to retain something
having the power, capacity, or quality of retaining water
"soils retentive of moisture"
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impermeable
preventing especially liquids to pass or diffuse through