Acquisitive
Related Definitions
[adj] eager to acquire and possess things especially material possessions or ideas; "an acquisitive mind"; "an aquisitive society in which the craving for material things seems never satisfied"
[adj] tending to acquire and retain ideas or information; "an acquisitive mind"
Synonyms
accumulative, avaricious, covetous, grabby, grasping, greedy, plundering, possessive, predaceous, predacious, predatory, prehensile, rapacious, ravening, recollective, retentive, sordid, voracious
Related Terms
a hog for, acquiring, all-devouring, ambitious for self, autistic, avaricious, avid, bottomless, careerist, coveting, covetous, demanding, desirous, devouring, egotistical, esurient, exacting, exigent, gluttonous, gobbling, grabby, grasping, greedy, hoggi