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coveting

adjective

Synonyms and Antonyms of coveting

having or marked by an eager and often selfish desire especially for material possessions

cast a coveting glance at her friendʼs diamond necklace

Synonyms of coveting

acquisitive, avaricious, avid, covetous, grabby, grasping, greedy, mercenary, moneygrubbing, rapacious

Words Related to coveting

commercialistic, materialistic, philistine

desirous, eager, itchy, lickerish, 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 coveting

nonmaterialistic

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

controlled, moderate, restrained, temperate

content, sated, satisfied

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