Definition of acquisitive Acquisitive
/ʌkwɪˈzʌtɪv/ - [ukwizutiv] - ac•quis•i•tive
We found 8 definitions of acquisitive from 4 different sources.
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What does acquisitive mean?
WordNet
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| acquisitive - eager to acquire and possess things especially material possessions or ideas; "an acquisitive mind"; "an acquisitive society in which the craving for material things seems never satisfied" | ||
| unacquisitive not acquisitive; not interested in acquiring or owning anything | ||
| accumulative marked by acquiring or amassing; "we live in an accumulative society" | ||
| avaricious, grabby, grasping, covetous, greedy, prehensile immoderately desirous of acquiring e.g. wealth; "they are avaricious and will do anything for money"; "casting covetous eyes on his neighbor's fields"; "a grasping old miser"; "grasping commercialism"; "greedy for money and power"; "grew richer and greedier"; "prehensile employers stingy with raises for their employees" | ||
| possessive desirous of owning; "small children are so possessive they will not let others play with their toys" | ||
| plundering given to taking by force what is desired | ||
| predaceous, predacious, predatory living by or given to victimizing others for personal gain; "predatory capitalists"; "a predatory, insensate society in which innocence and decency can prove fatal"- Peter S. Prescott; "a predacious kind of animal--the early geological gangster"- W.E.Swinton | ||
| voracious, rapacious, ravening excessively greedy and grasping; "a rapacious divorcee on the prowl"; "ravening creditors"; "paying taxes to voracious governments" | ||
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Wiktionary 
- acquisitive (Adjective)
Acquired. - acquisitive (Adjective)
Able or disposed to make acquisitions; acquiring. - acquisitive (Adjective)
Dispositioned toward acquiring and retaining information.
Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘
- acquisitive (a.)
Acquired. - acquisitive (a.)
Able or disposed to make acquisitions; acquiring; as, an acquisitive person or disposition.
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acquisitive
Eager to get possessions. -
acquisitive
Excessively desirous of money, wealth or possessions.
