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Synonyms for greedy
ˈgri digreedy
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Wiktionary
greedyadjective
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gluttonousgreedyadjective
Having greed; consumed by selfish desires.
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gluttonousgreedyadjective
Prone to overeat.
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gluttonous
English Synonyms and Antonyms
greedy
Avaricious and covetous refer especially to acquisition, miserly, niggardly, parsimonious, and penurious to expenditure. The avaricious man has an eager craving for money, and ordinarily desires both to get and to keep, the covetous man to get something away from its possessor; tho one may be made avaricious by the pressure of great expenditures. Miserly and niggardly persons seek to gain by mean and petty savings; the miserly by stinting themselves, the niggardly by stinting others. Parsimonious and penurious may apply to one's outlay either for himself or for others; in the latter use, they are somewhat less harsh and reproachful terms than niggardly. The close man holds like a vise all that he gets. Near and nigh are provincial words of similar import. The rapacious have the robber instinct, and put it in practise in some form, as far as they dare. The avaricious and rapacious are ready to reach out for gain; the parsimonious, miserly, and niggardly prefer the safer and less adventurous way of avoiding expenditure. Greedy and stingy are used not only of money, but often of other things, as food, etc. The greedy child wishes to enjoy everything himself; the stingy child, to keep others from getting it.
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avaricious, close, covetous, miserly, niggardly, parsimonious, penurious, rapacious, sordid, stingyAntonyms:
bountiful, free, generous, liberal, munificent, prodigal, wastefulPreposition:
The monarch was avaricious of power.
Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and Antonyms
greedy
Synonyms:
gluttonous, voracious, hungry, desirous, avariciousAntonyms:
abstemious, abstinent, indifferent, contented
Princeton's WordNet
avaricious, covetous, grabby, grasping, greedy, prehensileadjective
immoderately desirous of acquiring e.g. wealth
"they are avaricious and will do anything for money"; "casting covetous eyes on his neighbor's fields"; "a grasping old miser"; "grasping commercialism"; "greedy for money and power"; "grew richer and greedier"; "prehensile employers stingy with raises for their employees"
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devouring(a), avid, grabby, grasping, esurient, avaricious, covetous, envious, jealous, prehensileAntonyms:
undesirous, abstemious, undesiring, unacquisitiveavid, devouring(a), esurient, greedyadjective
(often followed by `for') ardently or excessively desirous
"avid for adventure"; "an avid ambition to succeed"; "fierce devouring affection"; "the esurient eyes of an avid curiosity"; "greedy for fame"
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undesirous, abstemious, unacquisitive, undesiringgreedyadjective
wanting to eat or drink more than one can reasonably consume
"don't be greedy with the cookies"
Synonyms:
devouring(a), avid, grabby, grasping, esurient, avaricious, covetous, prehensileAntonyms:
unacquisitive, undesiring, undesirous, abstemious
Editors Contribution
convetous
it means greedy any greedy person called convetous person
he is a convetous person
Submitted by rinat on September 4, 2019
Dictionary of English Synonymes
greedyadjective
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voracious, ravenous, gluttonous, rapacious, insatiable, insatiate, very hungrygreedyadjective
Synonyms:
eager, very desirous
Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words
greedyadjective
Synonyms:
avaricious, grasping, sordid, covetous, insatiable, ravenous, voracious, gluttonous, rapacious, insatiate
Words popularity by usage frequency
ranking | word | |
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#735 | close | |
#8710 | hungry | |
#11300 | eager | |
#12315 | avid | |
#16447 | jealous | |
#18281 | selfish | |
#18694 | greedy | |
#32165 | grasping | |
#40645 | envious | |
#46387 | desirous | |
#47520 | sordid | |
#49769 | stingy | |
#65061 | voracious | |
#85469 | parsimonious | |
#108194 | rapacious | |
#108664 | covetous | |
#113305 | miserly | |
#131890 | avaricious | |
#142116 | gluttonous | |
#200707 | prehensile | |
#226840 | niggardly | |
#247191 | grabby | |
#313943 | penurious |
How to use greedy in a sentence?
I won’t let greedy white collars destroy my love letter.
I don't begrudge anybody their share, but when businesses are abusing already injured people, it is greedy, it is wrong and it shouldn't be allowed.
To me, artificial Intelligence like ChatGPT used by those with wisdom, knowledge and experience can authentically enhance the distribution of intelligence and information in a positive way. Though when used by deceptive, unexperienced and greedy fools... it can be a dangerous tool.
These two women preyed on vulnerable victims who turned to them in a time of grief and sadness. But instead of offering guidance, these greedy women betrayed the trust of hundreds of victims and mutilated their loved ones, without knowledge or consent, the women disrespected the wishes of the grieving victims and degraded the bodies of their family members to sell them for profit.
The environmental groups did not expect to run everyone out of water, but they got greedy, shut down the whole system, and ran the whole damned state dry.
Translations for greedy
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- gulsigAfrikaans
- طماعArabic
- chamtivý, chtivýCzech
- habgierig, habsüchtig, gierigGerman
- άπληστοςGreek
- ávido, tragón, avaro, avaricioso, codiciosoSpanish
- ahneEstonian
- ahneFinnish
- avide, cupide, avaricieuxFrench
- gjirrichWestern Frisian
- cíocrachIrish
- sanntach, gionachScottish Gaelic
- लालचीHindi
- kapzsi, mohóHungarian
- ագահArmenian
- serakahIndonesian
- avidaIdo
- ingordo, avidoItalian
- 貪欲Japanese
- 욕심 많은Korean
- چاو برسیKurdish
- avarusLatin
- touapoMāori
- hebzuchtigDutch
- grådugNorwegian Nynorsk
- grådigNorwegian
- chciwyPolish
- guloso, gananciosoPortuguese
- жадный, алчныйRussian
- mandigadore, isgrasumìdu, ispasteraduSardinian
- lakmitarAlbanian
- girigSwedish
- పొగరుTelugu
- tham lamVietnamese
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