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acquisitive

1 antonym for acquisitive — opposites grouped by meaning.

Adj — Eager to gain and collect things; greedy for possessions.

Synonyms by Meaning

1. adj

Eager to gain and collect things; greedy for possessions.

“He is an acquisitive person.”

Opposites

unacquisitive

2. adj

Keen to take in and remember information.

Antonyms

unacquisitive

Etymology

Traces either to an alteration of Latin acquisītus (“acquired, gained”), or possibly to acquisite + -ive.

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