Synonyms for grasping
- adjective
- noun
Most common
Synonyms by meaning
Adjective
1. Greedy — greedy, eager for wealth
greedy, covetous, avaricious, rapacious, prehensile, grabby, money-hungry informal, mean, parsimonious, stingy, miserly, sordid, acquisitive, niggardly, exacting, mercenary, penurious, close-fisted, voracious, penny-pinching
Noun
1. Seizing
Other
Definitions
- adj. 1
Greedy, eager for wealth.
- n. 1
The act of one who grasps or covets.
Forms
- Plural
- graspings → seizings, prehensions, greedinesses…
Example sentences
- greedy Don't be so greedy or you'll wind up with nothing.
- rapacious Ukrainians don't deserve to be invaded by a rapacious army.
- covetous A covetous man is good to none and worst to himself.
- avaricious Mr. Jackson is an avaricious old man.
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| grasping | rising | |
| greedy | rising | |
| rapacious | rising | |
| covetous | steady | |
| avaricious | steady |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 4 letters
- mean1
- 6 letters
- greedy2, stingy2, sordid2, grabby
- 7 letters
- seizing2, miserly3
- 8 letters
- exacting3, covetous
- 9 letters
- mercenary4, voracious3, rapacious3, niggardly3, penurious4
- 10 letters
- prehensile, avaricious, greediness, prehension
- 11 letters
- acquisitive4
- 12 letters
- parsimonious5
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (greedy2 = 2 syllables).