Synonyms for cupidity
Most common
Synonyms by meaning
Noun
1. Extreme greed — extreme greed, especially for wealth
avarice, covetousness, greed, rapacity, greediness, avidity, acquisitiveness, rapaciousness, avariciousness, voracity
Definitions
- n. 1
Extreme greed, especially for wealth.
It was easy to dissimulate and disperse these modest purchases in such a way as not to excite the cupidity of any passing patrols.
Forms
- Plural
- cupidities → avarices, covetousnesses, greeds, rapacities…
Example sentences
- greed The earth can satisfy our needs but not our greed.
- avarice Young men are apt to fall a victim to their own avarice.
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| cupidity | falling | |
| greed | rising | |
| avarice | steady | |
| covetousness | rising | |
| rapacity | falling |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 4 letters
- lust1
- 5 letters
- greed1
- 6 letters
- desire3
- 7 letters
- avarice3, avidity
- 8 letters
- voracity4, rapacity
- 9 letters
- prurience
- 10 letters
- greediness
- 12 letters
- covetousness
- 13 letters
- rapaciousness
- 14 letters
- avariciousness
- 15 letters
- acquisitiveness
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (desire3 = 3 syllables).