grasper
One who seizes
A grasper is someone who grasps—either literally seizing objects or figuratively reaching for wealth, status, or advantage.
The word often carries negative connotations of greed or social climbing: He's a grasper who married into money.
In surgery, a grasper is a tool for gripping tissue during procedures.
Device that grasps firmly
- pincerGrasping claw organ
- tongsHinged grasping utensil
- clampDevice for holding tight
- forcepsMedical grasping instrument
tweezers · pliers · claw · hook · clasp · vice · nippers · holdfast
Medical grasping instrument
- retractorTool exposing surgical field
- hemostatClamp stopping vessel flow
- clampDevice for holding tight
- dilatorDevice that widens passages
speculum · curette · trocar · distractor
Device that seizes
- hoarderOne who amasses excessively
- miserStingy wealth hoarder
- money-grubberGreedy wealth-seeker
- gold-diggerOne pursuing wealthy partners
profiteer · exploiter · penny-pincher · plunderer · usurer
Ambitious, driven person
- striverOne who works diligently
- achieverOne who accomplishes goals
- climberOne who scales
- hustlerAggressive, unscrupulous earner
self-starter · careerist · opportunist · overachiever · upstart · arriviste
gripper
Device that grasps firmly
forceps · tweezers · pliers · claw · hook · clasp · vice · nippers · holdfast · catcher
forceps
Medical grasping instrument
- retractorTool exposing surgical field
- hemostatClamp stopping vessel flow
- clampDevice for holding tight
dilator · speculum · curette · trocar · distractor
grabber
Device that seizes
- hoarderOne who amasses excessively
- miserStingy wealth hoarder
- money-grubberGreedy wealth-seeker
gold-digger · profiteer · exploiter · penny-pincher · plunderer · usurer
go-getter
Ambitious, driven person
hustler · self-starter · careerist · opportunist · overachiever · upstart · arriviste
- medical instrumentsscalpel, forceps, needle, catheter, retractor
- Surgical Toolsscalpel, forceps, retractor, clamp, scissors
- trapstrap, bear trap, mousetrap, rat trap, ant trap
- Endoscopy Toolsendoscope, laparoscope, colonoscope, sigmoidoscope, proctoscope
- OB-GYN toolsspeculum, forceps, curette, dilator, colposcope
- orthopedic toolsbone saw, curette, reamer, broach, impactor
grasperreleaser
One who liberates
dropper · release mechanism · ejector · dispenser · opener
graspergiver
One who bestows
sharer · philanthropist · spendthrift · altruist · benefactor
grasperreleaser
One who liberates
dropper · relinquisher · thrower · tosser · surrenderer
- grasp at strawsSeek any possible solution
- grasping at strawsDesperate last-ditch efforts
- grasping for strawsSeeking unlikely solutions
- within grasp
- grasp for strawsSeek any slim chance
- grasp the nettleFace a difficulty directly
grasp, grasping, grasped, grasps, graspable, ungraspable, graspers