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acquisitive

adjective

Synonyms and Antonyms of acquisitive

having or marked by an eager and often selfish desire especially for material possessions

  • acquisitive developers are trying to tear down the historic home and build a shopping mall
Synonyms of acquisitive

avaricious, avid, coveting, covetous, grabby, grasping, greedy, mercenary, moneygrubbing, rapacious
Words Related to acquisitive

commercialistic, materialistic, philistine

desirous, eager, itchy, lickerish, miserly

hoggish, piggish, piggy, swinish

devouring, gluttonous, gobbling, insatiable, ravenous, unquenchable, voracious

egocentric, egoistic (also egoistical), egotistic (or egotistical), self-centered, self-seeking

discontent, discontented, malcontent, unsatisfied

begrudging, grudging, resentful
Near Antonyms of acquisitive

nonmaterialistic

altruistic, bounteous, bountiful, charitable, freehanded, generous, greathearted, handsome, liberal, magnanimous, munificent, openhanded, openhearted, selfless, unselfish, unsparing

controlled, moderate, restrained, temperate

content, sated, satisfied

Synonym Discussion of acquisitive

covetous, greedy, acquisitive, grasping, avaricious mean having or showing a strong desire for especially material possessions. covetous implies inordinate desire often for another's possessions.
    • covetous of his brother's country estate
greedy stresses lack of restraint and often of discrimination in desire.
    • greedy for status symbols
acquisitive implies both eagerness to possess and ability to acquire and keep.
    • an eagerly acquisitive mind
grasping adds to covetous and greedy an implication of selfishness and often suggests unfair or ruthless means.
    • a hard grasping trader who cheated the natives
avaricious implies obsessive acquisitiveness especially of money and strongly suggests stinginess.
    • an avaricious miser

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  1. Dictionary: Definition of acquisitive Spanish Central: Translation of acquisitive Nglish: Translation of acquisitive for Spanish speakers

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