Synonyms for greediness
Synonyms by meaning
Noun
1. Greed
greed, rapacity, avarice, gluttony, covetousness, cupidity, eagerness, avidity, voracity, rapaciousness, voraciousness, gulosity dated
2. Piggishness
Other
Definitions
- n. 1
The state of being greedy; greed.
Forms
- Plural
- greedinesses → greeds, rapacities, avarices, gluttonies…
Example sentences
- greed The earth can satisfy our needs but not our greed.
- gluttony No one has called Dmitri out for his gluttony.
- avarice Young men are apt to fall a victim to their own avarice.
By length
- 5 letters
- greed1
- 7 letters
- avarice3, avidity
- 8 letters
- grasping2, gluttony3, cupidity4, voracity4, rapacity, gulosity
- 9 letters
- eagerness3
- 11 letters
- piggishness, hoggishness
- 12 letters
- covetousness
- 13 letters
- rapaciousness, voraciousness
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (avarice3 = 3 syllables).