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Meaning of acquisitive in English
Pronunciation
/əˈkwɪzədɪv/
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Qualitative Adjective
acquisitive
Etymology
mid 19th century: from French acquisitif, -ive, from late Latin acquisitivus. from Latin acquisit-‘acquired’, from the verb acquirere (see acquire)
Definitions
1.
eager to acquire and possess things especially material possessions or ideas
Examples
« an acquisitive mind »
« an aquisitive society in which the craving for material things seems never satisfied »
Synonyms
accumulative
avaricious
covetous
grabby
grasping
greedy
prehensile
possessive
plundering
predaceous
predacious
predatory
rapacious
ravening
voracious
sordid
Antonyms
unacquisitive