GRABBY Synonyms: 167 Similar and Opposite Words

grabby

adjective

ˈgra-bē

Definition of grabby

as in greedy

having or marked by an eager and often selfish desire especially for material possessions very young children tend to be grabby and often refuse to share

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as in noticeable

likely to attract attention a tabloid that invariably favors grabby headlines, even for underwhelming stories

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Recent Examples of grabby This isn’t a grabby, attention seeker of a film, but a quiet, watchful sort of movie that whispers its secrets sotto voce. — Leslie Felperin, HollywoodReporter, 13 May 2026 Be sure to include the key takeaway or a single grabby observation, insight, or reveal that will hook your audience. — Vulture Editors, Vulture, 12 May 2026 These versions often aren’t particularly explosive or even all that grabby. — Jon Dolan, Rolling Stone, 29 Apr. 2026 When Bieber went out into the crowd, some of the fans were a bit too grabby; social-media pundits are excoriating at least one of them as a harasser. — Spencer Kornhaber, The Atlantic, 21 Apr. 2026 See All Example Sentences for grabby

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Adjective

And speakers have at times pushed back against audience questions that blame all AI adoption on strawman arguments about greedy producers and execs who could afford to pay artists but simply don’t want to.

— Christian Zilko, IndieWire, 9 Nov. 2026
The current system also supports contexts of up to 1,024 tokens and proves an integer version of the model under greedy decoding.

— Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 4 Nov. 2026

Definition of greedy

Adjective

And because freight-yard check-ins account for only a small part of overall transportation costs, any savings would need to add up across many facilities to have a noticeable impact on what families pay.

— Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 13 Nov. 2026
Likewise, his other son, Patryk, and his undisclosed job occupy a peripheral, barely noticeable place.

— Carlos Aguilar, Los Angeles Times, 13 Nov. 2026

Definition of noticeable

Adjective

California voters have rejected a first-in-the-nation tax on the net worth of billionaires following a contentious ballot fight that generated huge spending by some prominent tech leaders eager to stop their taxes from going up.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 11 Nov. 2026
The console has already appeared at several maker events, where eager kids have punched and kicked its chunky buttons.

— Mack DeGeurin, Popular Science, 11 Nov. 2026

Definition of eager

Adjective

But the churn rate for teachers isn’t necessarily an issue, according to Robert Pondiscio, a senior fellow at the prominent conservative-leaning think tank American Enterprise Institute, who wrote a book on the school.

— Miami Herald, Miami Herald, 12 Nov. 2026
California voters have rejected a first-in-the-nation tax on the net worth of billionaires following a contentious ballot fight that generated huge spending by some prominent tech leaders eager to stop their taxes from going up.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 11 Nov. 2026

Definition of prominent

Adjective

Played by a Colman Domingo who is done up to look the most wax figurine of them all in a shellacking of makeup, prosthetics, and colored contacts, Joe is always either giving an avaricious open-mouthed leer or a cold-eyed glare.

— Alison Willmore, Vulture, 23 Apr. 2026
There’s a quasi-heist theme to The Christophers, which revolves around an acclaimed artist (McKellen), who has long since stopped making new work, and his avaricious children (Gunning and Corden) who try to enlist Coel to complete some of their dad’s unfinished paintings.

— Matthew Carey, Deadline, 30 Mar. 2026

Definition of avaricious

Adjective

Kardashian paired this noticeable accessory with an equally commanding outfit, wearing a bright white Gucci dress with a plunging neckline.

— Erin Wisti, Footwear News, 8 Nov. 2026
Also contributing to losses were the commanding Democratic victories across the country in Tuesday’s midterm elections.

— Steve Kopack, NBC news, 5 Nov. 2026

Definition of commanding

Adjective

Never forget that Harkness was once a CIA operative and perhaps served a higher calling before creating his own mercenary network and taking jobs for monied sleazebags like Cantor.

— Scott Tobias, Vulture, 21 Oct. 2026
Apple told CyberGuy that DarkSword originated from sophisticated mercenary spyware developed at considerable expense.

— Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 19 Oct. 2026

Definition of mercenary

Adjective

In a unanimous vote, the 44 senators present voted to remove Peña for misconduct in office, bringing a dramatic end to one of South America's most stable presidencies.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 7 Nov. 2026
In May 2025, Miller publicly demanded a dramatic increase in daily arrests, placing pressure on ICE leadership and expanding enforcement beyond immigrants who had been convicted of serious crimes.

— Nicole Sganga, CBS News, 7 Nov. 2026

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