grasping
Seizing with fingers
Grasping describes someone excessively eager to acquire money or possessions—greedy, avaricious.
A grasping landlord squeezes every penny from tenants.
The word carries strong disapproval, suggesting someone who clutches at wealth without generosity or scruple: His grasping nature alienated everyone who tried to help him.
Desiring material gain
- covetousEagerly wanting others' possessions
- avariciousExcessively desirous of wealth
- rapaciousExcessively grasping or greedy
- clutchingHolding tightly onto
grabby · hoarding · materialistic · possessive · insatiable · voracious · mercenary · money-grubbing
Mentally taking in meaning
- understandingMental comprehension of something
- apprehendingSeizing or understanding something
- perceivingBecoming conscious of something
- cognitionMental knowledge acquisition
comprehension · insight · awareness · perception · discernment · realization · conceptualization · interpretation
acquisitive
Desiring material gain
- covetousEagerly wanting others' possessions
- avariciousExcessively desirous of wealth
- rapaciousExcessively grasping or greedy
clutching · grabby · hoarding · materialistic · possessive · insatiable · voracious · mercenary · money-grubbing · miserly
comprehending
Mentally taking in meaning
- understandingMental comprehension of something
- apprehendingSeizing or understanding something
- perceivingBecoming conscious of something
cognition · comprehension · insight · awareness · perception · discernment · realization · conceptualization · interpretation · cognizance
gripping
Holding attention completely
- clutchingHolding tightly onto
- holdingMaintaining physical possession
- seizingTaking forcible possession
grabbing · squeezing · clenching · clasping · grip · clinging · catching · snatching · latching · pinching
- graspingapprehending, comprehending, understanding, catching, getting
- reaching actionsstretching, grabbing, extending, lunging, straining
- warehousingwarehouse, warehouses, fulfillment centers, fulfillment center, distribution centers
- Baby Developmentcrawling, rolling, sitting, standing, walking
- motor controlmuscle control, hand control, coordination, fine motor skills, gross motor skills
- fetal developmentkicking, movement, hiccups, thumb sucking, swallowing
graspinggenerous
Willing to give freely
selfless · unselfish · altruistic · magnanimous · charitable
graspingreleasing
Allowing to escape
letting go · dropping · relinquishing · loosening · freeing
- grasping at strawsDesperate last-ditch efforts
- grasping for strawsSeeking unlikely solutions
- grasping the nettleConfronting difficulty directly
- grasping handsHands actively seizing something