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prehensile |
Overview of adj prehensile The adj prehensile has 3 senses (no senses from tagged texts) 1. prehensile -- (adapted for grasping especially by wrapping around an object; "a monkey's prehensile tail") 2. prehensile -- (having a keen intellect; "poets--those gifted strangely prehensile men"- A.T.Quiller-Couch) 3. avaricious, covetous, grabby, grasping, greedy, prehensile -- (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 greedier"; "prehensile employers stingy with raises for their employees") Antonyms of adj prehensile 3 senses of prehensile Sense 1 prehensile (vs. nonprehensile) nonprehensile (vs. prehensile) Sense 2 prehensile INDIRECT (VIA intelligent) -> unintelligent, stupid Sense 3 avaricious, covetous, grabby, grasping, greedy, prehensile INDIRECT (VIA acquisitive) -> unacquisitive Similarity of adj prehensile 3 senses of prehensile Sense 1 prehensile (vs. nonprehensile) Sense 2 prehensile => intelligent (vs. unintelligent) Sense 3 avaricious, covetous, grabby, grasping, greedy, prehensile => acquisitive (vs. unacquisitive) Attributes of adj prehensile Familiarity of adj prehensile prehensile used as an adjective is uncommon (polysemy count = 3) Grep of adj prehensile nonprehensile prehensile Overview of adj prehensile The adj prehensile has 3 senses (no senses from tagged texts) 1. prehensile -- (adapted for grasping especially by wrapping around an object; "a monkey's prehensile tail") 2. prehensile -- (having a keen intellect; "poets--those gifted strangely prehensile men"- A.T.Quiller-Couch) 3. avaricious, covetous, grabby, grasping, greedy, prehensile -- (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 greedier"; "prehensile employers stingy with raises for their employees")
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