Meanings
comparative more acquisitive · superlative most acquisitive
- obsoleteAcquired.
- Able or disposed to make acquisitions; acquiring, greedy.
He is an acquisitive person.
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She has an acquisitive nature.
- Dispositioned toward acquiring and retaining information.
Synonyms: inquisitive
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectiveDispositioned toward acquiring and retaining information.
More synonyms by meaning
adjectiveeager to acquire and possess things especially material possessions or ideas
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Latinacquisītus“acquired, gained”
- Englishacquisitive
From an alteration of Latin acquisītus (“acquired, gained”), or possibly from acquisite + -ive.
More words from Latin
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Catalan adquisitiu
- adquisitiuable to make acquisitions
Italian avido, ingordo
- avidoable to make acquisitions
- ingordoable to make acquisitions
Portuguese aquisitivo
- aquisitivoable to make acquisitions
Spanish adquisitivo, codicioso
- adquisitivoable to make acquisitions
- codiciosoable to make acquisitions
Cite this entry
acquisitive. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/acquisitive
“acquisitive.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/acquisitive. Accessed November 3, 2026.
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