About The Word Acquisitive
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Acquisitive
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What's The Definition Of Acquisitive?
[adj] eager to acquire and possess things especially material possessions or ideas; "an acquisitive mind"; "an aquisitive society in which the craving for material things seems never satisfied"
[adj] tending to acquire and retain ideas or information; "an acquisitive mind" Synonyms | Synonyms for Acquisitive: accumulative | avaricious | covetous | grabby | grasping | greedy | plundering | possessive | predaceous | predacious | predatory | prehensile | rapacious | ravening | recollective | retentive | sordid | voracious Related Terms | Find terms related to Acquisitive: a hog for | acquiring | all-devouring | ambitious for self | autistic | avaricious | avid | bottomless | careerist | coveting | covetous | demanding | desirous | devouring | egotistical | esurient | exacting | exigent | gluttonous | gobbling | grabby | grasping | greedy | hoggish | individualistic | insatiable | insatiate | itchy | limitless | mercenary | miserly | money-hungry | money-mad | narcissistic | omnivorous | overgreedy | personalistic | piggish | possessive | prehensile | privatistic | quenchless | rapacious | ravening | ravenous | remote | self-absorbed | self-admiring | self-advancing | self-besot | self-centered | self-considerative | self-contained | self-devoted | self-esteeming | self-indulgent | self-interested | selfish | self-jealous | self-occupied | self-pleasing | self-seeking | self-serving | self-sufficient | slakeless | sordid | swinish | unappeasable | unappeased | unquenchable | unsated | unsatisfied | unslakeable | unslaked | venal | voracious See Also | Acquisitive In Webster's Dictionary \Ac*quis"i*tive\, a.
1. Acquired. [Obs.]
He died not in his acquisitive, but in his native
soil. --Wotton.
2. Able or disposed to make acquisitions; acquiring; as, an
acquisitive person or disposition.
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