possession

/pəzˈɛʃən/ · 3 syllables

Meaning

noun

1. the act of having and controlling property
2. anything owned or possessed
3. being controlled by passion or the supernatural
4. a mania restricted to one thing or idea
5. a territory that is controlled by a ruling state
6. the trait of resolutely controlling your own behavior
7. (sport) the act of controlling the ball (or puck)
   “they took possession of the ball on their own goal line”

Synonyms for possession

• ownership
• monomania
• self-control
• self-possession
• willpower
• will power
• self-command
• self-will

Words that rhyme with possession

• depression
• expression
• impression
• accession
• aggression
• confession
• discretion
• recession
• succession
• compression
• profession
• regression
• session
• suppression
• concession
• digression
• freshen
• oppression
• procession
• progression
• repression
• secession
• transgression
• decompression
• indiscretion
• intercession
• obsession
• precession
• hessian
• nonaggression