Synonyms of mercenary

mercenary

adjective

as in greedy

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 & Similar Words

• greedy
• eager
• avaricious
• acquisitive
• covetous
• avid
• grasping
• rapacious
• moneygrubbing
• coveting
• materialistic
• egotistical
• grabby
• desirous
• egoistical
• miserly
• piggish
• insatiable
• egocentric
• hoggish
• ravenous
• gluttonous
• piggy
• grudging
• discontented
• malcontent
• egotistic
• commercialistic
• unquenchable
• egoistic
• resentful
• unsatisfied
• lickerish
• swinish
• voracious
• self-centered
• itchy
• begrudging
• discontent
• devouring
• self-seeking
• philistine
• gobbling

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• charitable
• liberal
• altruistic
• generous
• handsome
• selfless
• unselfish
• magnanimous
• munificent
• controlled
• bountiful
• bounteous
• unsparing
• moderate
• nonmaterialistic
• restrained
• temperate
• content
• openhanded
• openhearted
• satisfied
• freehanded
• greathearted
• sated

Examples of mercenary in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Among the group’s members are a mercenary (Hart), a scientist and archaeologist (Curtis), a pre-teen demolitionist (Ariana Greenblatt) and her bodyguard (Florian Munteanu), as well as a wisecracking robot named Claptrap (voice of Jack Black). —Tim Lammers, Forbes, 9 Sep. 2024

Weaving runs a mercenary home for boys, one of whom could be responsible for the bombing that kicks off the series' proceedings. —Ellie O'Mahoney, theweek, 6 Sep. 2024

But the platform has also served as the online home of the Russian mercenary company Wagner Group, which has posted gruesome videos of extrajudicial killings. —James Bandler, ProPublica, 3 Sep. 2024

That take would have seen the return of Sigourney Weaver’s Ripley, Michael Biehn’s Hicks, an older Newt against new Xenomorphs in a jungle setting with mercenary factions and vicious new synthetic androids. —Anthony D'alessandro, Deadline, 14 Aug. 2024