acquisitive

/əˈkwɪzətɪv/

adj 3

Collocations

ACQUISITIVE + NOUN

knowledge, nature, person

adj

Acquired.

Able or disposed to make acquisitions; acquiring, greedy.

He is an acquisitive person.

She has an acquisitive nature.

Dispositioned toward acquiring and retaining information.

He is an acquisitive person.

Wiktionary

She has an acquisitive nature.

Wiktionary

He is acquisitive of knowledge.

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i Register

In some senses, acquisitive is marked as obsolete. Watch for register when choosing this word.

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