grasping

Meanings

Plural: graspings

Noun

• understanding with difficulty
  • "the lecture was beyond his most strenuous graspings"
• the act of gripping something firmly with the hands (or the tentacles)
• The act of one who grasps or covets.

Verb

• hold firmly
• get the meaning of something
• present participle and gerund of grasp

Adjective Satellite

• immoderately desirous of acquiring e.g. wealth
  • "a grasping old miser"
  • "grasping commercialism"

Adj

• Greedy, eager for wealth.

Synonyms

apprehend, avaricious, compass, comprehend, covetous, dig, get the picture, grabby, grasp, greedy, grok, hold on, prehensile, prehension, savvy, seizing, taking hold

Anagrams of grasping