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. 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. Sarah Lenti:

   Wait, what happened to their higher calling? if Trump was damaging to the country in 2019, why wish that on the American people today? If the democracy was and is truly at stake … why play with fire? Their goading of Trump is reckless, disgustingly unpatriotic, and utterly desperate. And, like Trump, their greed and desire to be relevant supersedes what is best for America.

2. 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.

3. CLIFFORD VILLALON:

   There is greed in questioning if you keep on asking the same question.

4. President Biden:

   The soul of America is animated by the perennial battle between our worst instincts, which we've seen of late, and our better angels, between ‘me first’ and ‘we the people.’ Between greed and generosity. Cruelty and kindness. Captivity and freedom.

5. Barbara Mikkelson:

   Perhaps better we not obscure the idea that happiness and misery, kindness and greed, and good works and bad deeds are within the capacities of us all, not merely a select few.