acquisitive | ||
1. | [ adjective ] tending to acquire and retain ideas or information | |
Synonyms: | recollective | |
Examples: | "an acquisitive mind" |
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Related terms: | retentive | |
2. | [ adjective ] eager to acquire and possess things especially material possessions or ideas | |
Examples: | "an acquisitive mind" "an acquisitive society in which the craving for material things seems never satisfied" |
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Related terms: | unacquisitive possessive avaricious plundering predaceous accumulative sordid rapacious acquisitiveness | |
Similar spelling: |
accusative acquisition accustomed acoustician acoustic_wave acoustic accustom acoustics |