What is another word for covetousness?

Synonyms for covetousness
cov·etous·ness

This thesaurus page includes all potential synonyms, words with the same meaning and similar terms for the word covetousness.

Princeton's WordNet0.0 / 0 votes

  1. covetousnessnoun

    an envious eagerness to possess something

    Synonyms:
    avariciousness, cupidity, avarice, greed, rapacity, avaritia

  2. avarice, avariciousness, covetousness, cupiditynoun

    extreme greed for material wealth

    Synonyms:
    rapacity, cupidity, avarice, greed, avariciousness, avaritia

  3. avarice, greed, covetousness, rapacity, avaritianoun

    reprehensible acquisitiveness; insatiable desire for wealth (personified as one of the deadly sins)

    Synonyms:
    cupidity, voracity, esurience, avariciousness, greed, avarice, avaritia, edacity, voraciousness, rapacity, rapaciousness

Matched Categories

Dictionary of English Synonymes0.0 / 0 votes

  1. covetousnessnoun

    Synonyms:
    avarice, parsimony, stinginess, penuriousness, niggardliness, meanness, cupidity

Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words0.0 / 0 votes

  1. covetousnessnoun

    Synonyms:
    cupidity, avarice, greed

How to pronounce covetousness?

How to say covetousness in sign language?

Words popularity by usage frequency

rankingword
#17531greed
#71986avarice
#99980covetousness
#147975rapacity
#205757cupidity
#305139voracity

How to use covetousness in a sentence?

  1. The Hitopadesa:

    A hundred long leagues is no distance for him who would quench the thirst of covetousness; but a contented mind has no solicitude for grasping wealth.

  2. Confucius:

    There are three things which the superior man guards against. In youth...lust. When he is strong...quarrelsomeness. When he is old...covetousness.

  3. Confucius:

    There are three things to beware of through life: when a man is young, let him beware of his appetites; when he is middle-aged, of his passions; and when old, of covetousness, especially.


Translations for covetousness

From our Multilingual Translation Dictionary

Get even more translations for covetousness »

Translation

Find a translation for the covetousness synonym in other languages:

Select another language:

  • - Select -
  • 简体中文 (Chinese - Simplified)
  • 繁體中文 (Chinese - Traditional)
  • Español (Spanish)
  • Esperanto (Esperanto)
  • 日本語 (Japanese)
  • Português (Portuguese)
  • Deutsch (German)
  • العربية (Arabic)
  • Français (French)
  • Русский (Russian)
  • ಕನ್ನಡ (Kannada)
  • 한국어 (Korean)
  • עברית (Hebrew)
  • Gaeilge (Irish)
  • Українська (Ukrainian)
  • اردو (Urdu)
  • Magyar (Hungarian)
  • मानक हिन्दी (Hindi)
  • Indonesia (Indonesian)
  • Italiano (Italian)
  • தமிழ் (Tamil)
  • Türkçe (Turkish)
  • తెలుగు (Telugu)
  • ภาษาไทย (Thai)
  • Tiếng Việt (Vietnamese)
  • Čeština (Czech)
  • Polski (Polish)
  • Bahasa Indonesia (Indonesian)
  • Românește (Romanian)
  • Nederlands (Dutch)
  • Ελληνικά (Greek)
  • Latinum (Latin)
  • Svenska (Swedish)
  • Dansk (Danish)
  • Suomi (Finnish)
  • فارسی (Persian)
  • ייִדיש (Yiddish)
  • հայերեն (Armenian)
  • Norsk (Norwegian)
  • English (English)

Citation

Use the citation below to add these synonyms to your bibliography:

Style:MLAChicagoAPA

"covetousness." Synonyms.com. STANDS4 LLC, 2024. Web. 29 Mar. 2024. <https://www.synonyms.com/synonym/covetousness>.

Discuss these covetousness synonyms with the community:

0 Comments

    Are we missing a good synonym for covetousness?

    Image or illustration of

    covetousness

    Credit »

    Free, no signup required:

    Add to Chrome

    Get instant synonyms for any word that hits you anywhere on the web!

    Free, no signup required:

    Add to Firefox

    Get instant synonyms for any word that hits you anywhere on the web!

    Browse Synonyms.com

    Quiz

    Are you a human thesaurus?

    »
    Which of the following terms is not a synonym of "spread out"?
    A unfold
    B dissipate
    C concentrated
    D circularise

    Nearby & related entries:

    Alternative searches for covetousness: