acquisitive
Meaning of acquisitive
- excessively interested in acquiring money or material things.
we live in a competitive and acquisitive society
mid 19th century: from French acquisitif, -ive, from late Latin acquisitivus . from Latin acquisit- ‘acquired’, from the verb acquirere (see acquire).
Information about acquisitive
- It is an adjective.
- Languages in which acquisitive is used:
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Hyphenation of acquisitive
ac-quis-i-tive
- It consists of 4 syllables and 11 chars.
- acquisitive is a word polysyllabic because it has four or more syllables
acquisitive synonyms
Meaning having or showing an intense and selfish desire for wealth or power:
Meaning a large board in a public place, used to display advertisements:
Meaning having or showing a great desire to possess something belonging to someone else:
Meaning having or showing an extreme greed for wealth or material gain:
Meaning showing an unwillingness to share one's possessions:
Meaning avaricious; greedy:
Meaning grasp or seize suddenly and roughly:
Meaning seeking to exploit others:
Meaning having or showing a keen interest in or enthusiasm for something:
Meaning aggressively greedy or grasping:
Meaning primarily concerned with making money at the expense of ethics:
Meaning excessively concerned with material possessions; money-oriented:
Meaning having or showing a selfish desire for something; greedy:
Meaning feeling or showing the need for food:
Meaning concerned with profit; moneymaking:
Translation of acquisitive
- German: habgierig, habsüchtig, geldgierig, geldhungrig, gelddurstig
- Italian: avido, avaro
- Portuguese: ávido
- Spanish: codicioso, codiciosa, avaro, avaricioso, avariento, avara, avariciosa, avarienta
- French: avide, cupide
Words that rhyme with acquisitive
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