acquisitive
tending or seeking to acquire and own, often greedily; eager to get wealth, possessions, etc.: our acquisitive impulses; acquisitive societies.
Origin of acquisitive
1- Also ac·quis·i·to·ry [uh-kwiz-i-tawr-ee, -tohr-ee]. /əˈkwɪz ɪˌtɔr i, -ˌtoʊr i/.
Other words for acquisitive
Other words from acquisitive
- ac·quis·i·tive·ly, adverb
- ac·quis·i·tive·ness, noun
- non·ac·quis·i·tive, adjective
- non·ac·quis·i·tive·ly, adverb
- non·ac·quis·i·tive·ness, noun
- pre·ac·quis·i·tive, adjective
- pre·ac·quis·i·tive·ly, adverb
- pre·ac·quis·i·tive·ness, noun
- un·ac·quis·i·tive, adjective
- un·ac·quis·i·tive·ly, adverb
- un·ac·quis·i·tive·ness, noun
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How to use acquisitive in a sentence
Acquisitiveness also large; this gentleman believes in getting the full value for his money.
Those qualities were greed and persistence in acquisitiveness, cunning and subtlety, also bragging and self-assertiveness.
The Book of Life: Vol. I Mind and Body; Vol. II Love and Society | Upton SinclairHer delicately curved lips were free from the grim lines of concentrated acquisitiveness.
Mr. Grex of Monte Carlo | E. Phillips OppenheimHer venality, he began to see, was merely the instinctive acquisitiveness of the savage, the greed of the petted child.
The Shadow | Arthur StringerHe puts acquisitiveness first and right and sterling honesty and unselfishness second.
The Whence and the Whither of Man | John Mason Tyler
British Dictionary definitions for acquisitive
/ (əˈkwɪzɪtɪv) /
inclined or eager to acquire things, esp material possessions: we currently live in an acquisitive society
Derived forms of acquisitive
- acquisitively, adverb
- acquisitiveness, noun
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