grabbiness

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Definition of grabbiness word

noun grabbiness The quality of being grabby; acquisitive greed. 1

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Parts of speech for Grabbiness

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adjective

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grabbiness popularity

A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 93% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.

Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".

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Synonyms for grabbiness

noun grabbiness

avidity — the quality or state of being avid
covetousness — inordinately or wrongly desirous of wealth or possessions; greedy.
cupidity — Cupidity is a greedy desire for money and possessions.
frugality — the quality of being frugal, or prudent in saving; the lack of wastefulness: Many people who have lived through periods of economic deprivation develop lifelong habits of frugality and are almost never tempted by wasteful consumption.
greediness — excessively or inordinately desirous of wealth, profit, etc.; avaricious: the greedy owners of the company.

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Antonyms for grabbiness

noun grabbiness

generosity — readiness or liberality in giving.
philanthropy — altruistic concern for human welfare and advancement, usually manifested by donations of money, property, or work to needy persons, by endowment of institutions of learning and hospitals, and by generosity to other socially useful purposes.

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