1. (

• prehensile

) adapted for grasping especially by wrapping around an object; "a monkey's prehensile tail" ;

2. (

• prehensile

) having a keen intellect; "poets;

3. (

• avaricious ,
• covetous ,
• grabby ,
• grasping ,
• greedy ,
• prehensile

) 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" ;