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Prehensile (Adjective)

Meaning 1

Having a keen intellect; "poets--those gifted strangely prehensile men"- A.T.Quiller-Couch.

Classification

All adjective clusters.

Meaning 2

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".

Classification

All adjective clusters.

Synonyms

  • Grasping
  • Greedy
  • Covetous
  • Avaricious
  • Grabby

Meaning 3

Adapted for grasping especially by wrapping around an object; "a monkey's prehensile tail".

Classification

All adjective clusters.

Antonyms

  • Nonprehensile
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