prehensile
adjectives
adapted for grasping especially by wrapping around an object
"a monkey's prehensile tail"
antonym
having a keen intellect
"poets--those gifted strangely prehensile men"- A.T.Quiller-Couch
is similar to
having the capacity for thought and reason especially to a high degree
"is there intelligent life in the universe?"; "an intelligent question"
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"
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