acquisitive
adjective
[ əˈkwɪzɪtɪv ]
• excessively interested in acquiring money or material things.
• "we live in a competitive and acquisitive society"
Similar:
greedy,
hoarding,
covetous,
avaricious,
possessive,
grasping,
grabbing,
predatory,
avid,
rapacious,
mercenary,
materialistic,
money-oriented,
money-grubbing,
money-grabbing,
on the make,
grabby,
hungry,
quaestuary,
Mammonish,
Mammonistic,
Origin:
mid 19th century: from French acquisitif, -ive, from late Latin acquisitivus . from Latin acquisit- ‘acquired’, from the verb acquirere (see acquire).
