Synonyms for retentive
rɪˈtɛn tɪvre·ten·tive

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1. retentive

   Synonyms:
   preservative, close, tenacious, mindful

   Antonyms:
   loose, leaky, oblivious

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1. retentive, recollective, long, tenaciousadjective

   good at remembering

   "a retentive mind"; "tenacious memory"

   Synonyms:
   prospicient, farsighted, recollective, persistent, tenacious, dour, long, foresightful, farseeing, coherent, foresighted, longsighted, dogged, unyielding, pertinacious

   Antonyms:
   short, forgetful, permeable, unretentive

2. retentiveadjective

   having the capacity to retain something

   Synonyms:
   long, recollective, tenacious

   Antonyms:
   permeable, unretentive, forgetful, short

3. retentiveadjective

   having the power, capacity, or quality of retaining water

   "soils retentive of moisture"

   Synonyms:
   long, recollective, tenacious

   Antonyms:
   forgetful, permeable, short, unretentive

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1. retentiveadjective

   Synonyms:
   tenacious

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1. retentiveadjective

   Synonyms:
   tenacious

   Antonyms:
   unretentive, irretentive

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How to use retentive in a sentence?

1. Madonna:

   I'm anal retentive. I'm a workaholic. I have insomnia. And I'm a control freak. That's why I'm not married. Who could stand me?