Synonyms of the word acquisitive


ACQUISITIVEACCUMULATIVE - AVARICIOUS - COVETOUS - GRABBY - GRASPING - GREEDY - PLUNDERING - POSSESSIVE - PREDACEOUS - PREDACIOUS - PREDATORY - PREHENSILE - RAPACIOUS - RAVENING - SORDID - VORACIOUS

acquisitive

  • adj. (obsolete) Acquired.
  • adj. Able or disposed to make acquisitions; acquiring.
  • adj. Dispositioned toward acquiring and retaining information.

accumulative

  • adj. Characterized by accumulation; serving to collect or amass; cumulative; additional.
  • adj. Having a propensity to amass; acquisitive.

avaricious

  • adj. Actuated by avarice; extremely greedy for wealth or material gain; immoderately desirous of accumulating…

covetous

  • adj. Inordinately desirous; excessively eager to obtain and possess (especially money); avaricious.

grabby

  • adj. Tending to grab, especially rudely or greedily.

grasping

  • adj. Greedy, eager for wealth.
  • v. present participle of grasp.
  • n. The act of one who grasps or covets.

greedy

  • adj. Having greed; consumed by selfish desires.
  • adj. Prone to overeat.
  • adj. (regular expressions) Tending to match as much text as possible.
  • adj. (computer science, of an algorithm) That tries to find the global optimum by finding the local optimum…

plundering

  • v. present participle of plunder.
  • n. The act of one who plunders; pillaging or looting; plunder.

possessive

  • adj. Of or pertaining to ownership or possession.
  • adj. (grammar) Indicating ownership, possession, origin, etc.
  • adj. Unwilling to yield possession of.
  • n. (grammar) The possessive case.
  • n. (grammar) A word used to indicate the possessive case.

predaceous

  • adj. Surviving by preying on other animals.

predacious

  • adj. Alternative spelling of predaceous.

predatory

  • adj. Of, or relating to a predator.
  • adj. Living by preying on other living animals.
  • adj. (figuratively) Exploiting or victimizing others for personal gain.

prehensile

  • adj. (zoology) Able to take hold of and clasp objects; adapted for grasping especially by wrapping around an…

rapacious

  • adj. Voracious; avaricious.
  • adj. Given to taking by force or plundering; aggressively greedy.
  • adj. (of an animal, usually a bird) Subsisting off live prey.

ravening

  • adj. Voracious and greedy.
  • adj. (archaic) Subject to the voracity of a predator.
  • n. (archaic, literary) Predation (of an animal); voracious eating or consumption.
  • n. Eagerness for plunder; rapacity; extortion.

sordid

  • adj. Dirty or squalid.
  • adj. Morally degrading.
  • adj. Grasping.

voracious

  • adj. Wanting or devouring great quantities of food.
  • adj. Having a great appetite for anything (e.g., a voracious reader).

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