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Synonyms for covetousness
cov·etous·ness
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Princeton's WordNet
covetousnessnoun
an envious eagerness to possess something
Synonyms:
avariciousness, cupidity, avarice, greed, rapacity, avaritiaavarice, avariciousness, covetousness, cupiditynoun
extreme greed for material wealth
Synonyms:
rapacity, cupidity, avarice, greed, avariciousness, avaritiaavarice, greed, covetousness, rapacity, avaritianoun
reprehensible acquisitiveness; insatiable desire for wealth (personified as one of the deadly sins)
Synonyms:
cupidity, voracity, esurience, avariciousness, greed, avarice, avaritia, edacity, voraciousness, rapacity, rapaciousness
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Dictionary of English Synonymes
covetousnessnoun
Synonyms:
avarice, parsimony, stinginess, penuriousness, niggardliness, meanness, cupidity
Words popularity by usage frequency
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#17531 | greed | |
#71986 | avarice | |
#99980 | covetousness | |
#147975 | rapacity | |
#205757 | cupidity | |
#305139 | voracity |
How to use covetousness in a sentence?
There are three things to beware of through life: when a man is young, let him beware of his appetites; when he is middle-aged, of his passions; and when old, of covetousness, especially.
A hundred long leagues is no distance for him who would quench the thirst of covetousness; but a contented mind has no solicitude for grasping wealth.
There are three things which the superior man guards against. In youth...lust. When he is strong...quarrelsomeness. When he is old...covetousness.
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