acquisitive (a)

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type a
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def eager to acquire and possess things especially material possessions or ideas
examples an acquisitive mind
an acquisitive society in which the craving for material things seems never satisfied
Outgoing links
Attribute acquisitiveness
Derivationally related form acquisitive → acquire
Derivationally related form acquisitive → acquisitiveness
Antonym acquisitive → unacquisitive
Similar to accumulative; avaricious, covetous, grabby, grasping, greedy, prehensile; possessive; plundering; predaceous, predacious, predatory; rapacious, ravening, voracious; sordid
Incoming links
Similar to accumulative; avaricious, covetous, grabby, grasping, greedy, prehensile; possessive; plundering; predaceous, predacious, predatory; rapacious, ravening, voracious; sordid
Antonym unacquisitive → acquisitive
Derivationally related form acquisitiveness → acquisitive
Attribute acquisitiveness
Derivationally related form acquire → acquisitive

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