Wordnet 3.0
ADJECTIVE (1)
1.
immoderately desirous of acquiring e.g. wealth;
- Example: "they are avaricious and will do anything for money"- Example: "casting covetous eyes on his neighbor's fields"- Example: "a grasping old miser"- Example: "grasping commercialism"- Example: "greedy for money and power"- Example: "grew richer and greedier"- Example: "prehensile employers stingy with raises for their employees"[syn: avaricious, covetous, grabby, grasping, greedy, prehensile]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
grabby
adj 1: immoderately desirous of acquiring e.g. wealth; "they are
avaricious and will do anything for money"; "casting
covetous eyes on his neighbor's fields"; "a grasping old
miser"; "grasping commercialism"; "greedy for money and
power"; "grew richer and greedier"; "prehensile employers
stingy with raises for their employees" [syn:
avaricious, covetous, grabby, grasping, greedy,
prehensile]