prehensile
adjective
1 prehensile
Adapted for grasping especially by wrapping around an object.
Roget 789: taking etc. v.; privative†, prehensile; predaceous, predal†, predatory, predatorial†; lupine, rapacious, raptorial; ravenous; parasitic. ... show more
2 prehensile
Having a keen intellect.
Polish: jaśniutki, jasny, jaśniuteńki
3 prehensile
Immoderately desirous of acquiring e.g. wealth:
— Prehensile employers stingy with raises for their employees.
synonyms: avaricious, covetous, grabby, grasping, greedy.
Polish: chciwy, zachłanny, pazerny
Moby thesaurus: acquisitive, all-knowing, apperceptive, appercipient, apprehending, apprehensive, aware, clawed, cognizant, comprehending, conscious, dentate, desirous, digital, digitate, digitated, fanged, fingered, grabby, grasping ... show more.
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