AVARICE Synonyms
There are 5 hypernyms of the word avarice. (close relations)
Best Alternative Words for AVARICE
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| 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) | ||||||||
| 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. | ||||||||
| acquisitiveness | nounn | |||||||
noun • strong desire to acquire and possess | ||||||||
| grasping | verb, adjectivev, adj | |||||||
noun • understanding with difficulty • the act of gripping something firmly with the hands (or the tentacles) adjective satellite • immoderately desirous of acquiring e.g. wealth | ||||||||
| 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 | ||||||||
| rapaciousness | nounn | |||||||
noun • extreme gluttony • an excessive desire for wealth (usually in large amounts) • (of an animal, usually a bird) The quality of subsisting off live prey. | ||||||||
| selfishness | nounn | |||||||
noun • stinginess resulting from a concern for your own welfare and a disregard of others | ||||||||
| avariciousness | nounn | |||||||
noun • extreme greed for material wealth | ||||||||
| avaritia | nounn | |||||||
noun • reprehensible acquisitiveness; insatiable desire for wealth (personified as one of the deadly sins) | ||||||||
