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English adjective: prehensile | |||
| 1. | prehensile adapted for grasping especially by wrapping around an object | ||
| Samples | A monkey's prehensile tail. | ||
| Antonyms | nonprehensile | ||
| 2. | prehensile having a keen intellect | ||
| Samples | Poets--those gifted strangely prehensile men. | ||
| Similar | intelligent | ||
| Antonyms | unintelligent, stupid | ||
| 3. | prehensile immoderately desirous of acquiring e.g. wealth | ||
| Samples | 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. | ||
| Synonyms | avaricious, covetous, grabby, grasping, greedy | ||
| Similar | acquisitive | ||
| Antonyms | unacquisitive | ||
Based on WordNet 3.0 copyright © Princeton University.
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