Synonyms for avarice
Most common
Synonyms by meaning
Noun
1. Greed — excessive or inordinate desire of gain; greed for wealth
greed, covetousness, rapacity, cupidity, greediness, avidity, avariciousness, miserliness, acquisitiveness, rapaciousness, voracity
2. Stinginess
stinginess, parsimony, closeness, niggardliness, penuriousness, meanness, cheapness
Definitions
- n. 1
Excessive or inordinate desire of gain; greed for wealth
- n. 2
Inordinate desire for some supposed good.
Related words
- Word family
- avaricious avariciously
Forms
- Plural
- avarices → greeds, covetousnesses, rapacities, cupidities…
Example sentences
- greed The earth can satisfy our needs but not our greed.
- stinginess There's a big difference between frugality and stinginess.
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| avarice | steady | |
| greed | rising | |
| covetousness | rising | |
| cupidity | falling | |
| rapacity | falling | |
| parsimony | rising |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 5 letters
- greed1
- 7 letters
- avidity
- 8 letters
- meanness2, cupidity4, voracity4, rapacity
- 9 letters
- closeness2, cheapness2, parsimony4
- 10 letters
- greediness, stinginess3
- 11 letters
- miserliness
- 12 letters
- covetousness
- 13 letters
- rapaciousness, niggardliness4, penuriousness
- 14 letters
- avariciousness
- 15 letters
- acquisitiveness
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (meanness2 = 2 syllables).