greed
noun [U] /ɡriːd/Definition
C1 a very strong wish to continuously get more of something, especially food or money: I don't know why I'm eating more - it's not hunger, it's just greed! He was unsympathetic with many house sellers, complaining that they were motivated by greed.Greedy
(Definition of greed noun from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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Synonyms and related words:
- avarice noun
- consumerism noun
- glutton noun
- gluttonous adjective
- gluttony noun
- grasping adjective
- greedy adjective
- greedy guts noun
- growth-oriented adjective
- hog noun (PERSON)
- Mammon noun
- materialism noun (MONEY)
- materialist noun (MONEY)
- materialistic adjective
- mercenary adjective
- money-grubbing adjective
- piggy noun
- rapacious adjective
- sb's eyes are bigger than their belly/stomach idiom
- wolfish adjective
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