Word Type

Noun

Verb

Proper Noun

The word "holding" can be used as noun, verb and proper noun.

Word Relationships

Coordinate Terms

finding

Derived Terms

bag of holding be left holding the baby blanch holding blench holding bondholding breath-holding cardholding cross holding cross-holding crossholding deedholding fiefholding freeholding fundholding handholding holding action holding cell holding charge holding company holding deal holding midfielder holding note holding pattern holding tank holding the ball holding the cards holding the man holding time inholding jobholding keyholding landholding leaseholding leave someone holding the baby leave someone holding the bag lienholding officeholding onholding passholding patentholding permitholding pewholding placeholding plotholding policyholding powerholding recordholding rightsholding roadholding runholding section 104 holding shareholding shipholding slaveholding small holding stakeholding stallholding steinholding stockholding titleholding toolholding unitholding wardholding

Inflected/Variant Forms

hold

Context

nonstandard

Broader Terms (Hypernyms)

ownership possession

Type Of (IsA)

generic artifact group of things

Related Terms

bind bond burden chorus company consistency court determination estate farm hold holding company influence law logic own song stock tenure

Similar Terms

finding

Synonym Network

owndom possession property retention

Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.