covetousness (noun)
21avarice — noun /ˈævəɹɪs/ a) Excessive or inordinate desire of gain; greediness after wealth; covetousness; cupidity. b) Inordinate desire for some supposed good. Syn: avariciousness …
22greed — noun A selfish or excessive desire for more than is needed or deserved, especially of money, wealth, food, or other possessions. His greed was his undoing. Syn: avarice, covetousness, greediness, rapacity …
23cupidity — noun /kjuːˈpɪdəti/ Extreme greed, especially for wealth. The conquerors cupidity created economic problems in the kingdom. Syn: avarice, covetousness See Also: cupid …
24acquisitiveness — noun their three children seem to possess none of the acquisitiveness so typical of Hollywood brats Syn: greed, greediness, covetousness, cupidity, possessiveness, avarice, avidity, rapaciousness, rapacity, materialism; informal affluenza …
25avarice — noun the job had become less about integrity and more about avarice Syn: greed, greediness, acquisitiveness, cupidity, covetousness, rapacity, materialism, mercenariness; rare pleonexia; informal money grubbing, affluenza See note at greedy Ant:… …
26cupidity — noun he did not really see her cupidity until they d been married for several years Syn: greed, avarice, avariciousness, acquisitiveness, covetousness, rapacity, materialism, Mammonism; informal money grubbing Ant: generosity …
27jealousy — noun 1) he was consumed with jealousy Syn: envy, covetousness; resentment, resentfulness, bitterness, spite; informal the green eyed monster 2) the jealousy of his long suffering wife Syn: suspicion, suspiciousness, distrust, mistrust …
28avarice — noun Syn: greed, acquisitiveness, covetousness, materialism Ant: generosity …
29enviousness — noun a feeling of grudging admiration and desire to have something that is possessed by another • Syn: ↑envy • Derivationally related forms: ↑envious, ↑envy (for: ↑envy) • Hypernyms: ↑ …
30greed, greediness — ▶ noun 1 human greed: AVARICE, cupidity, acquisitiveness, covetousness, rapacity; materialism, mercenariness, Mammonism; informal mon …
