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mercenary

adjective

Synonyms and Antonyms of mercenary

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

they were a mercenary couple, who defined themselves not by what they were but by what they owned

Synonyms of mercenary

acquisitive, avaricious, avid, coveting, covetous, grabby, grasping, greedy, moneygrubbing, rapacious

Words Related to mercenary

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 mercenary

nonmaterialistic

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

controlled, moderate, restrained, temperate

content, sated, satisfied

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