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avaricious

adjective

Synonyms and Antonyms of avaricious

having or marked by an eager and often selfish desire especially for material possessions
  • an avaricious scheme to con the elderly couple out of thousands of dollars
Synonyms of avaricious

acquisitive, avid, coveting, covetous, grabby, grasping, greedy, mercenary, moneygrubbing, rapacious
Words Related to avaricious

commercialistic, materialistic, philistine

desirous, eager, itchy, miserly

hoggish, piggish, piggy, swinish

devouring, gluttonous, gobbling, insatiable, ravenous, unquenchable, voracious

egocentric, egoistic (also egoistical), egotistic (or egotistical), self-centered, self-seeking

discontent, discontented, malcontent, unsatisfied

begrudging, grudging, resentful
Near Antonyms of avaricious

nonmaterialistic

altruistic, bounteous, bountiful, charitable, freehanded, generous, greathearted, handsome, liberal, magnanimous, munificent, openhanded, openhearted, selfless, unselfish, unsparing

controlled, moderate, restrained, temperate

content, sated, satisfied

Synonym Discussion of avaricious

covetous, greedy, acquisitive, grasping, avaricious mean having or showing a strong desire for especially material possessions. covetous implies inordinate desire often for another's possessions.
    • covetous of his brother's country estate
greedy stresses lack of restraint and often of discrimination in desire.
    • greedy for status symbols
acquisitive implies both eagerness to possess and ability to acquire and keep.
    • an eagerly acquisitive mind
grasping adds to covetous and greedy an implication of selfishness and often suggests unfair or ruthless means.
    • a hard grasping trader who cheated the natives
avaricious implies obsessive acquisitiveness especially of money and strongly suggests stinginess.
    • an avaricious miser

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