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Acquisitive

Acquisitive Definition And Meaning
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 \Acquis"itive\, 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.

Acquisitive Definition And Meaning

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"

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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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