'Prehensile' definitions:
Definition of 'prehensile'
(from WordNet)
adjective
Adapted for grasping especially by wrapping around an object; "a monkey's prehensile tail" [ant: nonprehensile]
adjective
Having a keen intellect; "poets--those gifted strangely prehensile men"- A.T.Quiller-Couch
adjective
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" [syn: avaricious, covetous, grabby, grasping, greedy, prehensile]
Definition of 'Prehensile'
From: GCIDE
- Prehensile \Pre*hen"sile\, a. [L. prehensus, p. p. of prehendere to lay hold of, seize; pre- (equiv. to prae before) + hendere (in comp.), akin to E. get: cf. F. pr['e]hensile. See Get, and cf. Prison, Prize, n.] Adapted to seize or grasp; seizing; grasping; as, the prehensile tail of a monkey. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'prehensile'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- acquisitive,
- all-knowing,
- apperceptive,
- appercipient,
- apprehending,
- apprehensive,
- aware,
- clawed,
- cognizant,
- comprehending,
- conscious,
- dentate,
- desirous,
- digital,
- digitate,
- digitated,
- fanged,
- fingered,
- grabby,
- grasping,
- greedy,
- insightful,
- intelligent,
- itchy,
- jawed,
- knowing,
- knowledgeable,
- mindful,
- omniscient,
- perceptive,
- percipient,
- perspicacious,
- raptorial,
- sagacious,
- sensible,
- shrewd,
- taloned,
- toothed,
- understanding,
- wise