Words That Mean Greedy
Wanting more, of money or of everything — avarice is for wealth, rapacious takes by force, voracious simply consumes.
8 words
- Avaricenoun
reprehensible acquisitiveness; insatiable desire for wealth (personified as one of the deadly sins)
- Avidadjective
(often followed by `for') ardently or excessively desirous
- Cupiditynoun
extreme greed for material wealth
- Insatiableadjective
impossible to satisfy
- Rapaciousadjective
living by preying on other animals especially by catching living prey
- Ravenousadjective
devouring or craving food in great quantities
- Venaladjective
capable of being corrupted
- Voraciousadjective
devouring or craving food in great quantities
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A word’s meaning sharpens against its opposite. These sets are the ones worth holding beside greedy.