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Adjectives (7)
envious, jealous
adj. showing extreme cupidity; painfully desirous of another's advantages; "he was never covetous before he met her"; "jealous of his success and covetous of his possessions"; "envious of their art collection"
grasping, greedy, avaricious, grabby, prehensile
adj. immoderately desirous of acquiring e.g. wealth; "they are avaricious and will do anything for money"; "casting covetous eyes on his neighbor's fields"; "a grasping old miser"; "grasping commercialism"; "greedy for money and power"; "grew richer and greedier"; "prehensile employers stingy with raises for their employees"
Fuzzynyms (35)
grasping, greedy, avaricious, covetous, grabby, prehensile
adj. immoderately desirous of acquiring e.g. wealth; "they are avaricious and will do anything for money"; "casting covetous eyes on his neighbor's fields"; "a grasping old miser"; "grasping commercialism"; "greedy for money and power"; "grew richer and greedier"; "prehensile employers stingy with raises for their employees"
eager, esurient, greedy, hot, avid, devouring
adj. (often followed by `for') ardently or excessively desirous; "avid for adventure"; "an avid ambition to succeed"; "fierce devouring affection"; "the esurient eyes of an avid curiosity"; "greedy for fame"
covetous, envious, jealous
adj. showing extreme cupidity; painfully desirous of another's advantages; "he was never covetous before he met her"; "jealous of his success and covetous of his possessions"; "envious of their art collection"
selfish
adj. concerned chiefly or only with yourself and your advantage to the exclusion of others; "Selfish men were...trying to make capital for themselves out of the sacred cause of civil rights"- Maria Weston Chapman
egocentric, egoistical, self-centered, self-centred
adj. limited to or caring only about yourself and your own needs
indulgent, self-indulgent
adj. characterized by or given to yielding to the wishes of someone ; "indulgent grandparents"
ungenerous, stingy
adj. unwilling to spend; "she practices economy without being stingy"; "an ungenerous response to the appeal for funds"
scotch, sparing, economical, frugal, stinting
adj. avoiding waste; "an economical meal"; "an economical shopper"; "a frugal farmer"; "a frugal lunch"; "a sparing father and a spending son"; "sparing in their use of heat and light"; "stinting in bestowing gifts"; "thrifty because they remember the great Depression"; "`scotch' is used only informally"
thin, sparse
adj. not dense; "a thin beard"; "trees were sparse"
worldly
adj. characteristic of or devoted to the temporal world; "worldly goods and advancement"
epicurean, hedonic, hedonistic
adj. devoted to pleasure; "a hedonic thrill"; "lives of unending hedonistic delight"; "epicurean pleasures"
Synonyms (21)
dying, anxious
adj. eagerly desirous; "anxious to see the new show at the museum"; "dying to hear who won"
appetent
adj. marked by eager desire; "a big rich appetent Western city"
thirsty, athirst, hungry
adj. extremely desirous; usu followed by "for": "a thirst for knowledge"; "hungry for recognition"; "thirsty for information"
eager, esurient, greedy, hot, avid, devouring
adj. (often followed by `for') ardently or excessively desirous; "avid for adventure"; "an avid ambition to succeed"; "fierce devouring affection"; "the esurient eyes of an avid curiosity"; "greedy for fame"
accumulative
adj. marked by acquiring or amassing; "we live in an accumulative society"
possessive
adj. desirous of owning; "small children are so possessive they will not let others play with their toys"
plundering
adj. given to taking by force what is desired
predaceous, predacious, predatory
adj. living by or given to victimizing others for personal gain; "predatory capitalists"; "a predatory, insensate society in which innocence and decency can prove fatal"- Peter S. Prescott; "a predacious kind of animal--the early geological gangster"- W.E.Swinton
rapacious, ravening, voracious
adj. excessively greedy and grasping; "a rapacious divorcee on the prowl"; "ravening creditors"; "paying taxes to voracious governments"
Antonyms (0)
covetous
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