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prehensile

/ prehensile /
adjective/adjective satellite

Definitions & Examples

adjective Sense 1
adapted for grasping especially by wrapping around an object
"a monkey''s prehensile tail"
Opposites:
nonprehensile
adjective satellite Sense 2
having a keen intellect
"poets--those gifted strangely prehensile men"- A.T.Quiller-Couch"
Similar:
intelligent
adjective satellite Sense 3
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 greed"
Similar:
acquisitive
Semantic Complexity
45%
Sense Count
3
Total Synonyms
2
Total Relationships
3
Times Searched
19
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Related Words

nonprehensile intelligent acquisitive