Acquisitive - English meaning

adjective

Having or showing an extreme greed for wealth or material gain.

Usage examples:

Avaricious corporate bosses looking to maximize profits

adjective

Showing an extremely strong wish to get or keep money or possessions

Usage examples:

The idea is to shift the bad debts of the avaricious and the greedy onto the shoulders of middle-cl…

adjective

Having or showing a keen interest in or enthusiasm for something.

Usage examples:

An avid reader of science fiction

adjective

Extremely eager or interested

Usage examples:

Knowles is an avid runner and cross-country skier., we listened avidly to the news from our secret …

adjective

Having or showing a great desire to possess something belonging to someone else.

Usage examples:

She fingered the linen with covetous hands

adjective

Wanting to have something too much, especially something that belongs to someone else

Usage examples:

I can't help casting covetous looks at my neighbour's new porsche.

verb

Grasp or seize suddenly and roughly.

Usage examples:

She grabbed him by the shirt collar

noun

A quick sudden clutch or attempt to seize.

Usage examples:

He made a grab at the pistol

noun

A mechanical device for clutching, lifting, and moving things, especially materials in bulk.

Usage examples:

The lessons had still not been learned by november the following year, when the mechanical grab rip…

adjective

Having or showing a selfish desire for something; greedy.

Usage examples:

Don't be so grabby—i was here before you

adjective

Trying to take things for yourself

Usage examples:

Don't be so grabby, shirley. let the others have their share., a comedy about a pair of grabby oppo…

adjective

Avaricious; greedy.

Usage examples:

They were regarded as grasping landlords

verb

Seize and hold firmly.

Usage examples:

She grasped the bottle

adjective

Always eager to get more of something, esp. money

Usage examples:

He’s a grasping, insensitive executive.

adjective

Having an excessive desire or appetite for food.

Usage examples:

He's scoffed the lot, the greedy pig

adjective

Wanting a lot more food, money, etc. than you need

Usage examples:

Greedy, selfish people, he's greedy for power/success., they tested the algorithm against the so-ca…

noun

A large board in a public place, used to display advertisements.

Usage examples:

The hoardings display the london 2012 candidate city logo with the words ‘hounslow: back the bid’ u…

verb

Accumulate (money or valued objects) and hide or store away.

Usage examples:

Thousands of antiques hoarded by a compulsive collector

noun

A very large sign in a public place on which advertisements are shown

Usage examples:

Advertising hoardings, a number of buildings have been demolished, with hoardings put up around the…

adjective

Feeling or showing the need for food.

Usage examples:

I was feeling ravenously hungry

adjective

Feeling the need to eat because there has been a period of time when you have not eaten

Usage examples:

The children are always hungry when they get home from school., they were poor and often went to be…

suffix

Having a great need or wish for the stated thing

Usage examples:

Capital-/cash-/money-hungry, energy-/power-hungry the energy-hungry transportation sector was weak …

adjective

Excessively concerned with material possessions; money-oriented.

Usage examples:

We're living in a highly materialistic society

noun

Marked by a desire for wealth and possessions

adjective

Believing that having money and possessions is the most important thing in life

adjective

Primarily concerned with making money at the expense of ethics.

Usage examples:

She's nothing but a mercenary little gold-digger

noun

A professional soldier hired to serve in a foreign army.

Usage examples:

He had planned to seize power with the aid of a group of mercenaries

noun

A person hired to fight for another country than their own

adjective

Mainly interested in money and doing everything possible to get it

Usage examples:

They see their bosses as money-grubbing robots and not as coworkers., he was the top money-grubber …

adjective

Mainly interested in money and doing everything possible to get it

Usage examples:

They see their bosses as money-grubbing robots and not as coworkers., he was the top money-grubber …

adjective

Demanding someone's total attention and love.

Usage examples:

Has he become jealous or possessive?

noun

A possessive word or form.

Usage examples:

Prenominal possessives (john's car, my hat) normally function as definite expressions.

adjective

(of an animal) preying naturally on others.

Usage examples:

Predatory species of shark

adjective

People or organizations who are predatory tend to use others for their own advantage

Usage examples:

Larger companies, which played a predatory role, swooped down to cash in on the new fad.

adjective

Used to describe a situation where a company is looking to buy another company that is in a weak financial position

Usage examples:

Trading was heavy, sparking speculation that the group, clearly vulnerable to a bid, was attracting…

adjective

Aggressively greedy or grasping.

Usage examples:

Rapacious landlords