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Synonyms for "prehensile" in English

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prehensile:
- greedy; grasping; covetous; avaricious; prehensile; grabby

English

Detailed Synonyms for prehensile in English

prehensile:

prehensile adj

prehensile

– immoderately desirous of acquiring e.g. wealth ¹
greedy; grasping; covetous; avaricious; prehensile; grabby
– immoderately desirous of acquiring e.g. wealth ¹
- greedy adj
  - greedy for money and power¹
  - grew richer and greedier¹
- grasping adj
  - a grasping old miser¹
  - grasping commercialism¹
- covetous adj
  - casting covetous eyes on his neighbor's fields¹
- avaricious adj
  - they are avaricious and will do anything for money¹
- prehensile adj
  - prehensile employers stingy with raises for their employees¹
- grabby adj
prehensile

– adapted for grasping especially by wrapping around an object ¹
prehensile
– adapted for grasping especially by wrapping around an object ¹
- prehensile adj
  - a monkey's prehensile tail¹
prehensile

– having a keen intellect ¹
prehensile
– having a keen intellect ¹
- prehensile adj
  - poets--those gifted strangely prehensile men¹

Alternate Synonyms for "prehensile":

intelligent
avaricious; covetous; grabby; grasping; greedy; acquisitive

Antonyms for "prehensile":

nonprehensile

Related Definitions for "prehensile":

immoderately desirous of acquiring e.g. wealth¹
- prehensile employers stingy with raises for their employees¹
adapted for grasping especially by wrapping around an object¹
- a monkey's prehensile tail¹
having a keen intellect¹
- poets--those gifted strangely prehensile men¹

Related Synonyms for prehensile

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