RETENTIVE

retentive

(adjective) having the power, capacity, or quality of retaining water; “soils retentive of moisture”

retentive, recollective, long, tenacious

(adjective) good at remembering; “a retentive mind”; “tenacious memory”

retentive

(adjective) having the capacity to retain something

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Etymology

Adjective

retentive (comparative more retentive, superlative most retentive)

Having power to retain

(slang, apocope) anal-retentive

Noun

retentive (plural retentives)

(obsolete) That which retains or confines; a restraint.

Source: Wiktionary

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Re*ten"tive, a. Etym: [Cf. F. rétentif.]

Definition: Having power to retain; as, a retentive memory. Nor airless dungeon, nor strong links of iron, Can be retentive to the strength of spirit. Shak.

Re*ten"tive, n.

Definition: That which retains or confines; a restraint. [R.] Bp. Hall.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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