Thesaurus
covetous
Synonyms and Antonyms of covetous
- One aggressive bargain hunter rushed to make a covetous grab for the last marked-down TV.
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
- The expensive car drew many covetous looks.
eating one's heart out, green with envy
Synonym Discussion of covetous
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- covetous of his brother's country estate
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- greedy for status symbols
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- an eagerly acquisitive mind
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- a hard grasping trader who cheated the natives
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- an avaricious miser
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