grasping

Noun
  1. Understanding with difficulty (synset 105814863)
    "the lecture was beyond his most strenuous graspings"
    is a type of: apprehension, discernment, savvy, understanding - the cognitive condition of someone who understands
  2. The act of gripping something firmly with the hands (or the tentacles) (synset 100813935)
    is a type of: control - the activity of managing or exerting control over something
    subtypes: clasp, clench, clutch, clutches, grasp, grip, hold - the act of grasping
    same as: prehension, seizing, taking hold
Adjective
  1. Immoderately desirous of acquiring e.g. wealth (synset 300030046)
    "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"
    similar to: acquisitive - eager to acquire and possess things especially material possessions or ideas
    same as: avaricious, covetous, grabby, greedy, prehensile

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