Grasping Synonyms and Antonyms
grăs'pĭng
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Synonyms for Grasping
A control or adjustor on a television that keeps the screen image in proper position:
(Informal) Grasping; avaricious
The act of one who grabs.
Characterized by a strong desire to gain and possess.
Tending to impede or delay progress:
The act of one that takes.
The definition of avaricious is greedy and money-hungry.
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Having or marked by keen interest and enthusiasm:
Feeling, expressing, or characterized by a strong or immoderate desire for the possessions of another:
(Computing) Tending to match as much text as possible.
Experiencing a desire or need for food.
niggardly
Having or showing a strong or excessive desire to acquire money or possess things; greedy:
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Able to seize, grasp, or hold, especially by wrapping around an object:
the act of gripping something firmly with the hands (or the tentacles)
(Slang) To have understanding:
(Intransitive) To think, believe, or be of opinion; to understand; to suppose.
To surround; encircle:
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To grasp mentally; understand
To take firmly and hold fast with the hand, teeth, an instrument, etc.
To furnish with something that extends or stretches over
To struggle (with) in attempting to handle, maneuver, or manipulate something
To have sympathy or tolerance:
Struggle is defined as to do something with difficulty.
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(Figuratively) To understand.
(Informal) To irritate; annoy:
To attempt to grasp or seize:
To secure (a nail, bolt, etc. that has been driven through something) by bending or flattening the projecting end
To see, to be aware of, to understand.
To grasp the meaning or logic of; understand:
To hold as one's conviction or opinion; think; imagine
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To take revenge on, especially to kill in revenge for a wrong.
To comprehend; understand
To take (what is offered or given); receive, esp. willingly
To take or get passively; incur or contract without intention, as by exposure
To understand
To know (a person or thing).
To be acquainted with:
To grip tightly
Grapple is defined as to struggle with something or someone.
Antonyms for Grasping
Of or motivated by altruism; unselfish
To fail to understand or have a shortcoming of perception.
Noble in behaviour or actions; principled, not petty; kind, magnanimous. [from 16th c.]
Not selfish; selfless; generous; altruistic.
To understand incorrectly, while thinking one has understood correctly.
Hence: To supervise; to watch over; sometimes, to observe secretly
To loosen; to relax; to remove the obligation of.
Words Related to Grasping
Having a strong urge to obtain or possess something, especially material wealth, in quantity
Having a strong urge to obtain or possess something, especially material wealth, in quantity
To continue to do:
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