Greedy

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • adj. Excessively desirous of acquiring or possessing, especially wishing to possess more than what one needs or deserves.
  • adj. Wanting to eat or drink more than one can reasonably consume; gluttonous.
  • adj. Extremely eager or desirous: greedy for the opportunity to prove their ability.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • adj. Having greed; consumed by selfish desires.
  • adj. Prone to overeat.
  • adj. Tending to match as much text as possible.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • adj. Having a keen appetite for food or drink; ravenous; voracious; very hungry; -- followed by of.
  • adj. Having a keen desire for anything; vehemently desirous; eager to obtain; avaricious.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • Having an inordinate desire for food or drink; ravenous; voracious; very hungry.
  • Synonyms Insatiate, insatiable, rapacious, gluttonous.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • adj. (often followed by `for') ardently or excessively desirous
  • adj. wanting to eat or drink more than one can reasonably consume
  • adj. immoderately desirous of acquiring e.g. wealth
  • Equivalent
    wishful    desirous    gluttonous    acquisitive   
    Antonym
    generous   
    Variant
    greedier    greediest   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    ravenous    voracious    avaricious    desire    greediness    cupidity    avidity    omnivorousness    avarice    covetousness   
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    Edi    Leidy    Midi    beady    beedie    deedy    midi    needy    reedy    seedy   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    selfish    hungry    ambitious    arrogant    corrupt    stupid    unscrupulous    cowardly    lazy    ungrateful