acquisitive as an adjective: - 1
acquisitive
adjective
1 acquisitive
Eager to acquire and possess things especially material possessions or ideas.
Roget 817a:
greedy,
avaricious,
covetous,
acquisitive,
grasping;
rapacious;
lickerish†.
greedy as a hog;
overeager;
voracious;
ravenous,
ravenous as a wolf;
openmouthed,
extortionate,
exacting,
sordid†,
alieni appetens [Lat.];
insatiable,
insatiate;
unquenchable,
quenchless;
omnivorous.
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Dutch: hebzuchtig
Moby thesaurus: a hog for, acquiring, all-devouring, ambitious for self, autistic, avaricious, avid, bottomless, careerist, coveting, covetous, demanding, desirous, devouring, egotistical, esurient, exacting, exigent, gluttonous, gobbling, grabby, grasping, greedy, hoggish, individualistic, insatiable, insatiate, itchy, limitless, mercenary, miserly, money-hungry, money-mad, narcissistic, omnivorous, overgreedy, personalistic, piggish, possessive, prehensile, privatistic, quenchless, rapacious, ravening, ravenous, remote, self-absorbed, self-admiring, self-advancing, self-besot, self-centered, self-considerative, self-contained, self-devoted, self-esteeming, self-indulgent, self-interested, self-jealous, self-occupied, self-pleasing, self-seeking, self-serving, self-sufficient, selfish, slakeless, sordid, swinish, unappeasable, unappeased, unquenchable, unsated, unsatisfied, unslakeable, unslaked, venal, voracious ... show more.
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