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The synonyms of “Acquisitive” are: greedy, covetous, avaricious, possessive, grasping, predatory, avid, rapacious, mercenary, materialistic
According to the Oxford Dictionary of English, “acquisitive” as an adjective can have the following definitions:
| avaricious | Having or showing an extreme greed for wealth or material gain. A corrupt and avaricious government. |
| avid | Having or showing a keen interest in or enthusiasm for something. She was avid for information about the murder inquiry. |
| covetous | Showing extreme cupidity; painfully desirous of another’s advantages. Jealous of his success and covetous of his possessions. |
| grasping | Immoderately desirous of acquiring e.g. wealth. Grasping commercialism. |
| greedy | Having an excessive desire or appetite for food. People driven from their land by greedy developers. |
| materialistic | Marked by materialism. We re living in a highly materialistic society. |
| mercenary | Profit oriented- John Buchan. Mercenary killers. |
| possessive | Showing an unwillingness to share one’s possessions. Has he become jealous or possessive. |
| predatory | Living by or given to victimizing others for personal gain. She always felt at the mercy of predatory men. |
| rapacious | Excessively greedy and grasping. The rapacious wolf. |
| carnivorous | (of an animal) feeding on other animals. Carnivorous plants are capable of trapping and digesting small animals especially insects. |
| covetous | Having or showing a great desire to possess something belonging to someone else. Jealous of his success and covetous of his possessions. |
| covetousness | Reprehensible acquisitiveness; insatiable desire for wealth (personified as one of the deadly sins. |
| discreditable | Tending to bring harm to a reputation. Allegations of discreditable conduct. |
| envious | Feeling or showing envy. I m envious of their happiness. |
| genitive | The genitive case. The genitive endings. |
| gluttonous | Excessively greedy. A gluttonous appetite for food and praise and pleasure. |
| grasping | Avaricious; greedy. A grasping old miser. |
| greed | Reprehensible acquisitiveness; insatiable desire for wealth (personified as one of the deadly sins. Mercenaries who had allowed greed to overtake their principles. |
| greedy | (often followed by `for’) ardently or excessively desirous. Don t be greedy with the cookies. |
| hunger | Feel or suffer hunger. When he had fasted forty days and forty nights he afterwards hungered. |
| infamous | Known widely and usually unfavorably. The infamous Benedict Arnold. |
| jealousy | Zealous vigilance-Paul Blanshard. Cherish their official political freedom with fierce jealousy. |
| lecherous | Having or showing excessive or offensive sexual desire. She ignored his lecherous gaze. |
| locative | The locative case. |
| miser | A stingy hoarder of money and possessions often living miserably. A typical miser he hid his money in the house in various places. |
| miserly | (used of persons or behavior) characterized by or indicative of lack of generosity. His miserly great uncle proved to be worth nearly 1 million. |
| moneylender | Someone who lends money at excessive rates of interest. |
| obsession | An unhealthy and compulsive preoccupation with something or someone. He was in the grip of an obsession he was powerless to resist. |
| possessive | The possessive case. A possessive parent. |
| predatory | Characterized by plundering or pillaging or marauding. A predatory bird. |
| rapacious | Excessively greedy and grasping. Rapacious landlords. |
| raptorial | Relating to or characteristic of birds of prey. Raptorial birds. |
| ravening | Excessively greedy and grasping. Ravening wolves. |
| selfish | Concerned chiefly or only with yourself and your advantage to the exclusion of others. I joined them for selfish reasons. |
| sordid | Morally degraded- Seattle Weekly. A sordid political campaign. |
| swine | A contemptible or unpleasant person. A contagious viral disease of animals that primarily affects swine. |
| unscrupulous | Having or showing no moral principles; not honest or fair. Unscrupulous politicos who would be happy to sell their country in order to gain power. |
| vocative | The vocative case. Vocative verb endings. |
| voracious | Devouring or craving food in great quantities. She s a voracious reader. |
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