Grasping

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • adj. Exceedingly eager for material gain; avaricious.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • adj. Eager for money; greedy.
  • v. Present participle of grasp.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • adj. Seizing; embracing; catching.
  • adj. Avaricious; greedy of gain; covetous; close; miserly.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • Eager to gain possession of something; covetous; rapacious; avaricious; exacting; miserly.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. understanding with difficulty
  • n. the act of gripping something firmly with the hands (or the tentacles)
  • adj. immoderately desirous of acquiring e.g. wealth
  • Equivalent
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    Form
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    seizing    embracing    catching    avaricious    covetous    close    miserly    greedy   
    Verb Stem
    grasp   
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    gasping