covetous

English Thesaurus

1. immoderately desirous of acquiring e.g. wealth (adj.all)

similar	:	acquisitive,
definition	:	eager to acquire and possess things especially material possessions or ideas (adj.all)

2. showing extreme cupidity; painfully desirous of another's advantages (adj.all)

similar	:	desirous, wishful,
definition	:	having or expressing desire for something (adj.all)

3. immoderately desirous of acquiring e.g. wealth (adj.all)

derivation	:	avarice, avaritia, covetousness, greed, rapacity,
definition	:	reprehensible acquisitiveness; insatiable desire for wealth (personified as one of the deadly sins) (noun.act)

derivation	:	grasping, prehension, seizing, taking hold,
definition	:	the act of gripping something firmly with the hands (or the tentacles) (noun.act)

derivation	:	greediness, rapaciousness, voraciousness,
definition	:	an excessive desire for wealth (usually in large amounts) (noun.attribute)

derivation	:	greed,
definition	:	excessive desire to acquire or possess more (especially more material wealth) than one needs or deserves (noun.attribute)

derivation	:	avarice, avariciousness, covetousness, cupidity,
definition	:	extreme greed for material wealth (noun.attribute)

4. showing extreme cupidity; painfully desirous of another's advantages (adj.all)

derivation	:	envy, invidia,
definition	:	spite and resentment at seeing the success of another (personified as one of the deadly sins) (noun.act)

derivation	:	avarice, avariciousness, covetousness, cupidity,
definition	:	extreme greed for material wealth (noun.attribute)

derivation	:	enviousness, envy,
definition	:	a feeling of grudging admiration and desire to have something that is possessed by another (noun.feeling)

5. immoderately desirous of acquiring e.g. wealth (adj.all)

derivation	:	avarice, avaritia, covetousness, greed, rapacity,
definition	:	reprehensible acquisitiveness; insatiable desire for wealth (personified as one of the deadly sins) (noun.act)

derivation	:	grasping, prehension, seizing, taking hold,
definition	:	the act of gripping something firmly with the hands (or the tentacles) (noun.act)

derivation	:	greediness, rapaciousness, voraciousness,
definition	:	an excessive desire for wealth (usually in large amounts) (noun.attribute)

derivation	:	greed,
definition	:	excessive desire to acquire or possess more (especially more material wealth) than one needs or deserves (noun.attribute)

derivation	:	avarice, avariciousness, covetousness, cupidity,
definition	:	extreme greed for material wealth (noun.attribute)

6. showing extreme cupidity; painfully desirous of another's advantages (adj.all)

derivation	:	envy, invidia,
definition	:	spite and resentment at seeing the success of another (personified as one of the deadly sins) (noun.act)

derivation	:	avarice, avariciousness, covetousness, cupidity,
definition	:	extreme greed for material wealth (noun.attribute)

derivation	:	enviousness, envy,
definition	:	a feeling of grudging admiration and desire to have something that is possessed by another (noun.feeling)