Words Like PREHENSILE
We have put together a list of words that are similar to PREHENSILE.
3 Alternative Words Similar to prehensile
7 examples of prehensile
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the prehensile tail of a monkey
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casting covetous eyes on his neighbor's fields
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grasping commercialism
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a grasping old miser
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grew richer and greedier
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prehensile employers stingy with raises for their employees
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greedy for money and power
9 definitions of prehensile
1
Adapted to seize or grasp; seizing; grasping.
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adapted for grasping especially by wrapping around an object
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having a keen intellect
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immoderately desirous of acquiring e.g. wealth
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Adapted for seizing, grasping, or holding, especially by wrapping around an object: a monkey's prehensile tail.
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Having keen intellect; insightful.
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Seizing or grasping; taking and holding; adapted for prehension; especially, fitted for grasping or holding by folding, wrapping, or curving around the object prehended: as, the prehensile tail of a monkey or an opossum. Also prehensory. See cut above, and cuts at Cebinæ, marmose, musk-cavy, opossum, and spider-monkey.
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Able to take hold of and clasp objects; adapted for grasping especially by wrapping around an object.