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greedy

adjective

Synonyms and Antonyms of greedy

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

  • a young rocker who was greedy for fame and riches
  • the greedy exploitation of the land by developers
Synonyms of greedy

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

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 greedy

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 a huge appetite

  • he's so greedy you have to carefully watch your plate during dinner, lest he snatch food off it
Synonyms of greedy

edacious, esurient, gluttonous, hoggish, piggish, rapacious, ravenous, swinish, voracious
Words Related to greedy

hearty, wolfish

devouring, gobbling, gorging, gormandizing, gulping

insatiable, unquenchable, unslakable

empty, famished, hungry, peckish [chiefly British], starved, starving

malnourished, underfed, undernourished
Near Antonyms of greedy

content, full, glutted, sated, satiated, satisfied, stuffed

3 showing urgent desire or interest

  • he's greedy for new assignments that will really challenge him
Synonyms of greedy

agog, antsy, anxious, ardent, athirst, avid, crazy, desirous, eager, enthused, enthusiastic, excited, geeked [slang], great, gung ho, hepped up, hopped-up, hot, hungry, impatient, juiced, keen, nuts, pumped, raring, solicitous, stoked [slang], thirsty, voracious, wild
Words Related to greedy

engaged, interested

happy, hung up, obsessed

ambitious, appetent, covetous, craving, hankering, longing, pining

breathless, restive, restless

amenable, disposed, game, glad, inclined, ready, unreluctant, willing
Phrases Synonymous with greedy

champing at the bit, chomping at the bit
Near Antonyms of greedy

casual, incurious, insouciant, nonchalant, unconcerned, uninterested

aloof, detached, disinterested

impassive, stolid

halfhearted, lackadaisical, languid, languorous, lukewarm, spiritless

averse, disinclined, hesitant, loath (also loth), reluctant, unwilling
Antonyms of greedy

apathetic, indifferent, uneager, unenthusiastic

Synonym Discussion of greedy

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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