Thesaurus:greedy

Thesaurus:greedy

THESAURUS

greedy

English

Synonyms

• acquisitive

• avaricious

• covetous

• edacious

• esurient

• grasping

• greedy

• miserable (obsolete)

• piggish

• rapacious

• sordid

• sharp-set

• voracious    [WS]

Hyponyms

• voracious    [WS]

See also

• stingy    [WS]
• frugal    [WS]
• greed    [WS]
• glutton    [WS]

Further reading

• “817A. greed” in Roget's Thesaurus, T. Y. Crowell Co., 1911.
• “greedy” in Moby Thesaurus II, Grady Ward, 1996.