All greedy synonyms
greedΒ·y
G g adj greedy
- rapacious β given to seizing for plunder or the satisfaction of greed.
- selfish β devoted to or caring only for oneself; concerned primarily with one's own interests, benefits, welfare, etc., regardless of others.
- hungry β having a desire, craving, or need for food; feeling hunger.
- impatient β not patient; not accepting delay, opposition, pain, etc., with calm or patience.
- eager β keen or ardent in desire or feeling; impatiently longing: I am eager for news about them. He is eager to sing.
- acquisitive β If you describe a person or an organization as acquisitive, you do not approve of them because you think they are too concerned with getting new possessions.
- avaricious β An avaricious person is very greedy for money or possessions.
- avid β You use avid to describe someone who is very enthusiastic about something that they do.
- carnivorous β Carnivorous animals eat meat.
- close β When you close something such as a door or lid or when it closes, it moves so that a hole, gap, or opening is covered.
- covetous β A covetous person has a strong desire to possess something, especially something that belongs to another person.
- craving β an intense desire or longing
- desirous β If you are desirous of doing something or desirous of something, you want to do it very much or want it very much.
- gluttonous β tending to eat and drink excessively; voracious.
- grasping β greedy; avaricious: a sly, grasping man.
- insatiable β not satiable; incapable of being satisfied or appeased: insatiable hunger for knowledge.
- intemperate β given to or characterized by excessive or immoderate indulgence in alcoholic beverages.
- itchy β having or causing an itching sensation.
- miserly β of, like, or befitting a miser; penurious; stingy; niggardly.
- omnivorous β eating both animal and plant foods.
- parsimonious β characterized by or showing parsimony; frugal or stingy.
- penurious β extremely stingy; parsimonious; miserly.
- ravenous β extremely hungry; famished; voracious: feeling ravenous after a hard day's work.
- stingy β having a sting.
- tight β firmly or closely fixed in place; not easily moved; secure: a tight knot.
- voracious β craving or consuming large quantities of food: a voracious appetite.
- close-fisted β very careful with money; mean
- edacious β devouring; voracious; consuming.
- grabby β tending to grab or grasp for gain; greedy: a grabby ticket scalper.
- hoggish β like or befitting a hog.
- piggish β resembling a pig, especially in being slovenly, greedy, or gluttonous: piggish table manners.
- grudging β done, arranged, etc., in order to settle a grudge: The middleweight fight was said to be a grudge match.
- guzzling β South Midland and Southern U.S. gozzle.
- insatiate β insatiable: insatiate greed.
- niggardly β reluctant to give or spend; stingy; miserly.
- prehensile β adapted for seizing, grasping, or taking hold of something: a prehensile tail.
- ravening β rapacious; voracious.
- swinish β like or befitting swine; hoggish.
- tight-fisted β parsimonious; stingy; tight.
adjective greedy
- devouring β Present participle of devour.
- esurient β Hungry or greedy.
- gobbling β Present participle of gobble.
- gormandizing β Present participle of gormandize.
- materialistic β excessively concerned with physical comforts or the acquisition of wealth and material possessions, rather than with spiritual, intellectual, or cultural values.