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Defenition of the word prehensile

    • Defenition of the word prehensile

      • immoderately desirous of acquiring e.g. wealth; "they are avaricious and will do anything for money"; "casting covetous eyes on his neighbor's fields"; "a grasping old miser"; "grasping commercialism"; "greedy for money and power"; "grew richer and greedier"; "prehensile employers stingy with raises for their employees"
      • adapted for grasping especially by wrapping around an object; "a monkey's prehensile tail"
      • having a keen intellect; "poets--those gifted strangely prehensile men"- A.T.Quiller-Couch
      • immoderately desirous of acquiring e.g. wealth; "they are avaricious and will do anything for money"; "casting covetous eyes on his neighbor''s fields"; "a grasping old miser"; "grasping commercialism"; "greedy for money and power"; "grew richer and greed
      • adapted for grasping especially by wrapping around an object; "a monkey''s prehensile tail"
      • immoderately desirous of acquiring e.g. wealth
      • adapted for grasping especially by wrapping around an object
      • having a keen intellect

    Synonyms for the word prehensile

      • avaricious
      • covetous
      • grabby
      • grasping
      • greedy

    Similar words in the prehensile

      • acquisitive
      • intelligent

    Antonyms for the word prehensile

      • nonprehensile

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