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AVARITIA Synonyms

There are 17 synonyms of the word avaritia. (exact relations)
There are 2 hypernyms of the word avaritia. (close relations)

Best Alternative Words for AVARITIA

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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)

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

cupidity
nounn
noun

• extreme greed for material wealth

frugality
nounn
noun

• prudence in avoiding waste

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

meanness
nounn
noun

• the quality of being deliberately mean

• extreme stinginess

miserliness
nounn
noun

• total lack of generosity with money

parsimony
nounn
noun

• extreme care in spending money; reluctance to spend money unnecessarily

• extreme stinginess

penuriousness
nounn
noun

• a state of lacking money

• a disposition to be niggardly with money

selfishness
nounn
noun

• stinginess resulting from a concern for your own welfare and a disregard of others

stinginess
nounn
noun

• a lack of generosity; a general unwillingness to part with money

thrift
nounn
noun

• any of numerous sun-loving low-growing evergreens of the genus Armeria having round heads of pink or white flowers

• extreme care in spending money; reluctance to spend money unnecessarily

tightfistedness
nounn
noun

• extreme stinginess

avarice
nounn
noun

• reprehensible acquisitiveness; insatiable desire for wealth (personified as one of the deadly sins)

• extreme greed for material wealth

Best Hypernyms For AVARITIA

Here is a list of related hypernyms for avaritia, these are close relations that fall within the same topic. Most relevant words are highlighted and in order.
Phrases (2)
deadly sinmortal sin

Alternatives for COVETOUSNESS

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