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
Voracious is a synonym for acquisitive. In some cases you can use "Voracious" instead an adjective "Acquisitive".
Nearby Words: acquisition, acquisitiveness
Voracious
Voracious adjective - Excessively greedy and grasping.
Usage example: paying taxes to voracious governments
Mutual synonyms
Related pairs
- eager and acquisitive
- eager and voracious
- greedy and acquisitive
- greedy and voracious
- covetous and acquisitive
- covetous and voracious
- desirous and acquisitive
- desirous and voracious
- mercenary and acquisitive
- mercenary and voracious
- avid and acquisitive
- avid and voracious
- hungry and acquisitive
- hungry and voracious
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