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Synonyms for avaricious

  • adjective

Most common

greedy covetous rapacious miserly

All synonyms

Adjective

greedy, covetous, rapacious, money-hungry informal, miserly, acquisitive, grasping, stingy, mercenary, sordid, illiberal, grabby, niggardly, parsimonious, mean, prehensile, close, penurious, penny-pinching, ungenerous, voracious, churlish

Antonyms

generous, charitable, liberal

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Definitions

  1. adj. 1

    Actuated by avarice; extremely greedy for wealth or material gain; immoderately desirous of accumulating property.

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Avaricious, Covetous, Miserly, Niggardly, Parsimonious or Penurious?

Avaricious and covetous refer especially to acquisition, miserly, niggardly, parsimonious, and penurious to expenditure.

J. C. Fernald, English Synonyms and Antonyms (1914)

Example sentences

  • greedy Don't be so greedy or you'll wind up with nothing.
  • rapacious Ukrainians don't deserve to be invaded by a rapacious army.
  • miserly The principal was always miserly with words.
  • covetous A covetous man is good to none and worst to himself.

Popularity over time

Word1850 → 2019Trend
avaricioussteady
greedyrising
rapaciousrising
miserlyrising
covetoussteady

Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.

By length

4 letters
mean1
5 letters
close1
6 letters
greedy2, stingy2, sordid2, grabby
7 letters
miserly3
8 letters
grasping2, churlish2, covetous
9 letters
mercenary4, voracious3, illiberal, rapacious3, niggardly3, penurious4
10 letters
prehensile, ungenerous
11 letters
acquisitive4
12 letters
parsimonious5

The small number after each word is its number of syllables (greedy2 = 2 syllables).