Acquisitive

ahd-5
  • adjective. Characterized by a strong desire to gain and possess.
  • adjective. Tending to acquire and retain ideas or information.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • Acquired.
  • Making or tending to make acquisitions; having a propensity to acquire: as, an acquisitive disposition.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • adjective. Acquired.
  • adjective. Able or disposed to make acquisitions; acquiring.
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  • adjective. Acquired.
  • adjective. Able or disposed to make acquisitions; acquiring.
  • adjective. Dispositioned toward acquiring and retaining information.
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  • adjective. eager to acquire and possess things especially material possessions or ideas
    • Word Usage
    "Given MSFT cash position, being acquisitive is smart."
    cross-reference
    acquisitive faculty  
    Equivalent
    accumulative  avaricious  covetous  grabby  grasping  
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    absorptive  antagonistic  argumentative  avaricious  capitalistic  
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    a hog for  acquired  acquiring  acquiring  all-devouring  
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