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Synonyms for piggish

  • adjective

Most common

greedy porcine rapacious swinish

All synonyms

Adjective

swinish, money-hungry informal, greedy, porcine, rapacious, gluttonous, covetous, hoggish, piggy, swinelike, piglike, voracious

Definitions

  1. adj. 1

    greedy or gluttonous

Related words

Word family
piggishness

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.

Popularity over time

Word1850 → 2019Trend
piggishrising
greedyrising
porcinesteady
rapaciousrising
swinishsteady

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

By length

5 letters
piggy2
6 letters
greedy2
7 letters
porcine, swinish, hoggish, piglike
8 letters
covetous
9 letters
voracious3, rapacious3, swinelike
10 letters
gluttonous3

The small number after each word is its number of syllables (piggy2 = 2 syllables).