prehensile meaning and definition

PREHENSILE adjective

Definition of prehensile (adjective)

1. adapted for grasping especially by wrapping around an object
   • "a monkey's prehensile tail"
   • antonym: nonprehensile
2. having a keen intellect
   • "poets--those gifted strangely prehensile men"- A.T.Quiller-Couch
3. 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"
   • synonyms: avaricious, covetous, grabby, grasping, greedy