Definition of grasping

Scrabble & Words with friends points

• grasping is a valid Scrabble US word with a point value of 12
• grasping is a valid Scrabble UK word with a point value of 12
• grasping is a valid Words with friends word with a point value of 16

Definition of grasping

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

  Synonyms

  1. prehension
  2. seizing
  3. taking hold
• immoderately desirous of acquiring e.g. wealth (adjective)

  Examples

  1. a grasping old miser
  2. grasping commercialism

  Synonyms

  1. avaricious
  2. covetous
  3. grabby
  4. greedy
  5. prehensile
• understanding with difficulty (noun)

  Examples

  1. the lecture was beyond his most strenuous graspings

See definition of grasping in Merriam Webster