Synonyms for money-hungry
- adjective
Most common
greedy rapacious miserly avaricious sordid voracious acquisitive piggish
All synonyms
Adjective
Definitions
- adj. 1
Greedy and avaricious; greatly desiring money and seeking to obtain it using any means.
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.
- avaricious Mr. Jackson is an avaricious old man.
- sordid Sami's sordid love affair destroyed his marriage.
- voracious Piranhas are big, voracious fish with sharp teeth.
By length
- 6 letters
- greedy2, sordid2
- 7 letters
- miserly3, piggish
- 8 letters
- grasping2
- 9 letters
- voracious3, rapacious3
- 10 letters
- avaricious
- 11 letters
- acquisitive4
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (greedy2 = 2 syllables).