Synonyms for greed
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1. greednoun

   Synonyms:
   rapacity, avarice, covetousness, greediness

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1. greed

   Synonyms:
   drunkenness, excess, gluttony, intemperance, intoxication, reveling, revelry, self-indulgence, sensuality, wantonness

   Antonyms:
   abstemiousness, abstinence, continence, fasting, frugality, moderation, self-control, self-denial, self-restraint, sobriety, temperance

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1. greednoun

   excessive desire to acquire or possess more (especially more material wealth) than one needs or deserves

   Synonyms:
   rapacity, avarice, covetousness, avaritia

2. avarice, greed, covetousness, rapacity, avaritianoun

   reprehensible acquisitiveness; insatiable desire for wealth (personified as one of the deadly sins)

   Synonyms:
   cupidity, voracity, esurience, avariciousness, avarice, avaritia, edacity, covetousness, voraciousness, rapacity, rapaciousness

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1. • Desire

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1. greednoun

   Synonyms:
   eagerness, longing, GREEDINESS

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1. List of paraphrases for "greed":

   avidity, avarice, rapacity

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1. List of known nicknames for "Greed":

   Welton LeJeune, Tobias Wirz

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1. Sanjeev Kumar Balyan:

   It's now upon Monsanto to decide whether they want to accept this rate or not, if they don't find it feasible, then they are free to take a call. The greed( of charging) a premium has to end.

2. Christen Kuikoua:

   Humanity is capable of such beautiful dreams and horrible nightmares, For Our World Has a lot For every Man's Dream but Not Every man's Greed

3. Bernie Sanders:

   Our message to General Motors is a simple one : End the greed, sit down with the The UAW and work out an agreement that treats your workers with the respect and the dignity they deserve.

4. Lucius Annaeus Seneca:

   To greed, all nature is insufficient.

5. Link Starbureiy:

   We can see that taxes are important in Life, not because of greed, but because Nature's way of dealing with insecurity is to bound residues to an algebraic curve.