grasper
1
6.7
A person who quickly takes things for themselves
- noun
- /ˈɡræspər/
:
aprovechador
- As a natural negotiator, she was known as a grasper who never let a good deal slip away.
Examples
-
Let us be dream-graspers, fate-snatchers, destiny-takers!
-
The young boy was a talented grasper of opportunities, always eager to learn new things.
-
In the competitive world of sales, being a quick grasper helped him close deals faster than his colleagues.
Synonyms
7
7.2
A person who quickly takes things without caring about others
takes things quickly out of eagerness or greed, not merely rudeness
seizer
vsgrasper
1
7.7
A person or thing that takes and keeps something
takes rapidly and often eagerly or greedily, not only capturing broadly
griper
vsgrasper
1
7.9
A person who holds something tightly and does not let go
acts fast to take things out of eagerness rather than hold them tightly
1
9.3
A person who quickly gets wanted things before others
seizes quickly out of eagerness or greed rather than opportunism
How Greedy
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Grasper comes from the verb grasp, which can mean 'to take quickly' or 'to seize', so a grasper is a person who snaps up things eagerly or greedily.