adj ·Moderate ·College level

Definitions

Adjective

1. 1
   Acquired. obsolete
2. 2
   Able or disposed to make acquisitions; acquiring, greedy.

   "He is an acquisitive person."

3. 3
   Dispositioned toward acquiring and retaining information.

Adjective

1. 1
   eager to acquire and possess things especially material possessions or ideas wordnet

Synonyms

All synonyms

avariciousavidgreedypossessivesordidvoracious

Antonyms

All antonyms

unacquisitive

Example

More examples

"He is acquisitive of knowledge."

Etymology

From an alteration of Latin acquisītus (“acquired, gained”), or possibly from acquisite + -ive.

Related phrases

acquisitive prize

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