acquisitive

1. 1.

   eager to acquire and possess things especially material possessions or ideas

   “an acquisitive mind”

   “an acquisitive society in which the craving for material things seems never satisfied”

   Antonymsunacquisitive

   Similaraccumulativeavariciouspossessiveplunderingpredaceousrapacioussordid

Questions about acquisitive

What does acquisitive mean?

acquisitive means "eager to acquire and possess things especially material possessions or ideas".

How many syllables are in acquisitive?

acquisitive has 4 syllables: acq-uis-i-tive. The stress falls on "uis". In IPA it is /əˈkwɪzətɪv/.

What is the opposite of acquisitive?

The recorded antonyms are unacquisitive.

Is acquisitive a common word?

acquisitive is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.