Cupidity

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. Excessive desire, especially for wealth; covetousness or avarice.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. Extreme greed, especially for wealth.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. A passionate desire; love.
  • n. Eager or inordinate desire, especially for wealth; greed of gain; avarice; covetousness.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. An eager desire to possess something; inordinate desire; immoderate craving, especially for wealth or power; greed.
  • n. Specifically, sexual love.
  • n. Synonyms Covetousness, Cupidity, etc. (see avarice), craving, hankering, grasping, lust for wealth, etc.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. extreme greed for material wealth
  • Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    greed   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    love    avarice    covetousness    green    greed    see    also   
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    illiquidity    liquidity    lividity    lucidity    rancidity    stupidity    validity   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    covetousness    rapacity    greed    profligacy    gluttony    ingratitude    dishonesty    greediness    sloth    egotism