All graspingness synonyms

noun graspingness

• greed — excessive or rapacious desire, especially for wealth or possessions.
• acquisitiveness — tending or seeking to acquire and own, often greedily; eager to get wealth, possessions, etc.: our acquisitive impulses; acquisitive societies.
• avarice — Avarice is extremely strong desire for money and possessions.
• avariciousness — The state or quality of being avaricious.
• avidity — the quality or state of being avid
• covetousness — inordinately or wrongly desirous of wealth or possessions; greedy.
• craving — an intense desire or longing
• eagerness — keen or ardent in desire or feeling; impatiently longing: I am eager for news about them. He is eager to sing.
• greediness — excessively or inordinately desirous of wealth, profit, etc.; avaricious: the greedy owners of the company.
• hunger — a compelling need or desire for food.
• infatuation — the state of being infatuated.
• itching — of, relating to, or characterized by an irritating sensation of the skin.
• longing — strong, persistent desire or craving, especially for something unattainable or distant: filled with longing for home.
• lust — intense sexual desire or appetite.
• passion — any powerful or compelling emotion or feeling, as love or hate.
• possessiveness — jealously opposed to the personal independence of, or to any influence other than one's own upon, a child, spouse, etc.
• rapacity — given to seizing for plunder or the satisfaction of greed.
• voracity — the condition or quality of being voracious.
• yearning — deep longing, especially when accompanied by tenderness or sadness: a widower's yearning for his wife.
• excess — An amount of something that is more than necessary, permitted, or desirable.
• gluttony — excessive eating and drinking.
• selfishness — devoted to or caring only for oneself; concerned primarily with one's own interests, benefits, welfare, etc., regardless of others.
• cupidity — Cupidity is a greedy desire for money and possessions.
• edacity — the state of being edacious; voraciousness; appetite.
• esurience — The quality of being esurient; extreme gluttony or boundless hunger.
• indulgence — the act or practice of indulging; gratification of desire.
• intemperance — excessive or immoderate indulgence in alcoholic beverages.
• piggish — resembling a pig, especially in being slovenly, greedy, or gluttonous: piggish table manners.
• ravenous — extremely hungry; famished; voracious: feeling ravenous after a hard day's work.
• gormandizing — Present participle of gormandize.
• insatiableness — not satiable; incapable of being satisfied or appeased: insatiable hunger for knowledge.
• swinish — like or befitting swine; hoggish.