ACQUISITIVENESS Synonyms
There is 1 hypernym of the word acquisitiveness. (close relations)
acquisitive
Best Alternative Words for ACQUISITIVENESS
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avarice | nounn | |||||||
noun • reprehensible acquisitiveness; insatiable desire for wealth (personified as one of the deadly sins) • extreme greed for material wealth | ||||||||
covetousness | nounn | |||||||
noun • an envious eagerness to possess something • extreme greed for material wealth • reprehensible acquisitiveness; insatiable desire for wealth (personified as one of the deadly sins) | ||||||||
cupidity | nounn | |||||||
noun • extreme greed for material wealth | ||||||||
greed | nounn | |||||||
noun • excessive desire to acquire or possess more (especially more material wealth) than one needs or deserves • reprehensible acquisitiveness; insatiable desire for wealth (personified as one of the deadly sins) | ||||||||
materialism | nounn | |||||||
noun • a desire for wealth and material possessions with little interest in ethical or spiritual matters • (philosophy) the philosophical theory that matter is the only reality | ||||||||
possessiveness | nounn | |||||||
noun • excessive desire to possess or dominate | ||||||||
rapacity | nounn | |||||||
noun • extreme gluttony • reprehensible acquisitiveness; insatiable desire for wealth (personified as one of the deadly sins) • (of an animal, usually a bird) The quality of subsisting off live prey. |