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covetous

adjective

Synonyms and Antonyms of covetous

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

  • one aggressive bargain hunter rushed to make a covetous grab for the last marked-down TV
Synonyms of covetous

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

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 covetous

nonmaterialistic

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

controlled, moderate, restrained, temperate

content, sated, satisfied

2 having or showing mean resentment of anotherʼs possessions or advantages

  • a covetous child who must destroy what he cannot have
Synonyms of covetous

envious, green-eyed, invidious, jaundiced, jealous, resentful
Words Related to covetous

begrudging, grudging

avaricious, grasping, greedy, rapacious

distrustful, suspicious

malicious, petty, spiteful
Phrases Synonymous with covetous

eating one's heart out, green with envy
Near Antonyms of covetous

generous, kind, kindhearted

altruistic, benevolent, charitable

well-meaning
Antonyms of covetous

unenvious

Synonym Discussion of covetous

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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