Acquisitive
Acquisitive adjective - Having or marked by an eager and often selfish desire especially for material possessions.
Usage example: acquisitive developers are trying to tear down the historic home and build a shopping mall
Egotistic and acquisitive are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Egotistic" instead an adjective "Acquisitive".
Nearby Words: acquisition, acquisitiveness
Egotistic
Egotistic adjective - Having too high an opinion of oneself.
Acquisitive and egotistic are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Acquisitive" instead an adjective "Egotistic".
Mutual synonyms
Related pairs
- greedy and acquisitive
- greedy and egotistic
- selfish and acquisitive
- selfish and egotistic
- illiberal and acquisitive
- illiberal and egotistic
- mercenary and acquisitive
- mercenary and egotistic
- stingy and acquisitive
- stingy and egotistic
- self-indulgent and acquisitive
- self-indulgent and egotistic
- grasping and acquisitive
- grasping and egotistic
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