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covetousness

noun

Synonyms and Antonyms of covetousness

1 a painful awareness of another's possessions or advantages and a desire to have them too

his covetousness for his neighbors' things spoils any enjoyment he might have of his own possessions

Synonyms of covetousness

enviousness, envy, green-eyed monster, invidiousness, jealousy, resentment

Words Related to covetousness

animosity, enmity, hatred, ill will

malice, maliciousness, spitefulness

Near Antonyms of covetousness

benevolence, goodwill, kindness, sympathy

2 an intense selfish desire for wealth or possessions

an insatiable covetousness made her work long hours so that she could afford expensive things

Synonyms of covetousness

acquisitiveness, avarice, avariciousness, avidity, avidness, cupidity, graspingness, greed, greediness, mercenariness, rapaciousness, rapacity

Words Related to covetousness

commercialism, materialism, possessiveness

gluttonousness, gluttony, piggishness

appetite, craving, desire, drive, hankering, hunger, itch, longing, lust, passion, pining, ravenousness, thirst, voracity, yearning, yen

egoism, egotism, self-centeredness, self-interest, selfishness, self-regard

Near Antonyms of covetousness

contentment, fulfillment (or fulfilment), gratification, satisfaction

bounteousness, bountifulness, bounty, charity, generosity, generousness, largesse (also largess), liberality, magnanimity, openhandedness, openheartedness, unselfishness

altruism, selflessness

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