Hyphenation of acquisitive

Wondering how to hyphenate the English word acquisitive? This word can be hyphenated and contains 4 syllables as shown below.

ac-quis-i-tive

Definitions of acquisitive:

1.	Eager to acquire and possess things especially material possessions or ideas An acquisitive mind An acquisitive society in which the craving for material things seems never satisfied

Synonyms of acquisitive:

adj	acquisitive, accumulative, avaricious, covetous, grabby, grasping, greedy, prehensile, possessive, plundering, predaceous, predacious, predatory, rapacious, ravening, voracious, sordid

Last hyphenations of this language

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