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. 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.

2. Briahna Joy Gray:

   The goal of The Sanders campaign is to build a multi-racial, multi-generational movement that is large enough to defeat Donald Trump and the powerful special interests whose greed and corruption is the root cause of the outrageous inequality in America, sharing a big tent requires including those who do not share every one of our beliefs, while always making clear that we will never compromise our values. The truth is that by standing together in solidarity, we share the values of love and respect that will move us in the direction of a more humane, more equal world.

3. S.L:

   Money is the illusion of power, hapiness and freedom, but actually is the source of corruption, greed, war, social slavery and divisive. When people decide to stop believing in money, taking away the illusion, all that remains are pure equal people without masks. Would that change humanity?

4. RAMANA PEMMARAJU:

   You are Innocent, you can't be otherwise, there is no other way, even in your lust, greed, hatred, cunningness, you're INNOCENT, because you wanted to overpower others, nature with your stupidity. Stop this absurd ACT, Be Aware, Trust Existence!

5. Chas Hermann:

   The risk that these companies run is that they become the poster child for greed.