Prehensile Meaning

There are 3 meaning(s) for word Prehensile

Meaning 1 : immoderately desirous of acquiring e.g. wealth

    Example : prehensile employers stingy with raises for their employees

    Synonyms : avaricious,  covetous,  grabby,  grasping,  greedy
Meaning 2 : having a keen intellect

    Example : poets--those gifted strangely prehensile men

Meaning 3 : adapted for grasping especially by wrapping around an object

    Example : a monkey's prehensile tail

Prehensile Antonyms