Thesaurus
greedy
Synonyms and Antonyms of greedy
- a young rocker who was greedy for fame and riches
- the greedy exploitation of the land by developers
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 greedy seagulls will snatch your snadwich right out of your hand.
devouring, gobbling, gorging, gormandizing, gulping
insatiable, unquenchable, unslakable
empty, famished, hungry, peckish [chiefly British], starved, starving
- He's greedy for new assignments that will really challenge him.
champing at the bit, chomping at the bit
Synonym Discussion of greedy
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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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