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

having a keen intellect; poets--those gifted strangely prehensile men- A.T.Quiller-Couch

immoderately desirous of acquiring e.g. wealth; they are avaricious and will do anything for money; casting covetous eyes on his neighbors fields; a grasping old miser; grasping commercialism; greedy for money and power; grew richer and greedier; prehensile employers stingy with raises for their employees

[ Syn: avaricious , covetous , grabby , grasping , greedy ]