retentive

Academic Word List, sublist 4.

About 0.35 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. adjective Having power to retain.

   a soil that is highly retentive of rainwater

2. adjective Anal-retentive.
3. noun That which retains or confines; a restraint.

Similar words

retaining acquisitive tenacious recollective holding long encopresis retainable reservative tenible

Often followed by

memory of power and soil mind clasp memories capacity

Word family

retain retained retainer retainers retaining retains retention retentively retentiveness retentivenesses