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Synonyms for grasping
ˈgræs pɪŋ, ˈgrɑs-grasp·ing

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Princeton's WordNet0.0 / 0 votes

  1. graspingnoun

    understanding with difficulty

    "the lecture was beyond his most strenuous graspings"

    Synonyms:
    prehension, seizing, taking hold

    Antonyms:
    unacquisitive

  2. grasping, taking hold, seizing, prehensionadjective

    the act of gripping something firmly with the hands (or the tentacles)

    Synonyms:
    prehension, seizing, taking hold

    Antonyms:
    unacquisitive

  3. avaricious, covetous, grabby, grasping, greedy, prehensileadjective

    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"

    Synonyms:
    devouring(a), avid, grabby, esurient, greedy, avaricious, covetous, envious, jealous, prehensile

    Antonyms:
    unacquisitive

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Dictionary of English Synonymes0.0 / 0 votes

  1. graspingadjective

    Synonyms:
    avaricious, covetous, miserly, niggardly, penurious, parsimonious, close, stingy, mean, sordid, close-fisted, with an itching palm

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  1. graspingadjective

    Synonyms:
    avaricious, sordid, covetous, niggardly, greedy

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  1. List of paraphrases for "grasping":

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How to use grasping in a sentence?

  1. Buddha:

    Holding on to anger is like grasping a hot coal with the intent of throwing it at someone else you are the one who gets burned.

  2. Pam Wasserman:

    Math concepts are really hard, it's not a surprise that the general public has a hard time grasping these.

  3. Gautama Buddha:

    Holding on to anger is like grasping a hot coal with the intent of throwing it at someone else; you are the one getting burned.

  4. The Jets:

    There’s little things that he’s doing where you’re seeing a little more security. He’s not a rookie, so he’s being a little more vocal. He looks good. He’s getting more comfortable, obviously grasping the offense. He’s never had trouble grasping the offense, but he was a rookie, so he goes through it. He’s much further ahead at this point than he was a year ago, for sure.

  5. Faith Sullivan:

    She had learned the self-deprecating ways of the woman who does not want to be thought hard and grasping, but her artifices could not always cover the nakedness of her need to excel.


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