Synonyms for greedy
ˈgri digreedy

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1. greedyadjective

   Synonyms:
   gluttonous

2. greedyadjective

   Having greed; consumed by selfish desires.

   Synonyms:
   gluttonous

3. greedyadjective

   Prone to overeat.

   Synonyms:
   gluttonous

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1. greedy

   Avaricious and covetous refer especially to acquisition, miserly, niggardly, parsimonious, and penurious to expenditure. The avaricious man has an eager craving for money, and ordinarily desires both to get and to keep, the covetous man to get something away from its possessor; tho one may be made avaricious by the pressure of great expenditures. Miserly and niggardly persons seek to gain by mean and petty savings; the miserly by stinting themselves, the niggardly by stinting others. Parsimonious and penurious may apply to one's outlay either for himself or for others; in the latter use, they are somewhat less harsh and reproachful terms than niggardly. The close man holds like a vise all that he gets. Near and nigh are provincial words of similar import. The rapacious have the robber instinct, and put it in practise in some form, as far as they dare. The avaricious and rapacious are ready to reach out for gain; the parsimonious, miserly, and niggardly prefer the safer and less adventurous way of avoiding expenditure. Greedy and stingy are used not only of money, but often of other things, as food, etc. The greedy child wishes to enjoy everything himself; the stingy child, to keep others from getting it.

   Synonyms:
   avaricious, close, covetous, miserly, niggardly, parsimonious, penurious, rapacious, sordid, stingy

   Antonyms:
   bountiful, free, generous, liberal, munificent, prodigal, wasteful

   Preposition:
   The monarch was avaricious of power.

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1. greedy

   Synonyms:
   gluttonous, voracious, hungry, desirous, avaricious

   Antonyms:
   abstemious, abstinent, indifferent, contented

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1. avaricious, covetous, grabby, grasping, greedy, prehensileadjective

   immoderately desirous of acquiring e.g. wealth

   "they are avaricious and will do anything for money"; "casting covetous eyes on his neighbor's fields"; "a grasping old miser"; "grasping commercialism"; "greedy for money and power"; "grew richer and greedier"; "prehensile employers stingy with raises for their employees"

   Synonyms:
   devouring(a), avid, grabby, grasping, esurient, avaricious, covetous, envious, jealous, prehensile

   Antonyms:
   undesirous, abstemious, undesiring, unacquisitive

2. avid, devouring(a), esurient, greedyadjective

   (often followed by `for') ardently or excessively desirous

   "avid for adventure"; "an avid ambition to succeed"; "fierce devouring affection"; "the esurient eyes of an avid curiosity"; "greedy for fame"

   Antonyms:
   undesirous, abstemious, unacquisitive, undesiring

3. greedyadjective

   wanting to eat or drink more than one can reasonably consume

   "don't be greedy with the cookies"

   Synonyms:
   devouring(a), avid, grabby, grasping, esurient, avaricious, covetous, prehensile

   Antonyms:
   unacquisitive, undesiring, undesirous, abstemious

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1. convetous

   it means greedy any greedy person called convetous person

   he is a convetous person

   Submitted by rinat on September 4, 2019  

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1. greedyadjective

   Synonyms:
   voracious, ravenous, gluttonous, rapacious, insatiable, insatiate, very hungry

2. greedyadjective

   Synonyms:
   eager, very desirous

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1. greedyadjective

   Synonyms:
   avaricious, grasping, sordid, covetous, insatiable, ravenous, voracious, gluttonous, rapacious, insatiate

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1. List of paraphrases for "greedy":

   avid, miserly, rapacious, eager, selfish, voracious, stingy

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1. Author Unknown:

   We are born brave, trusting and greedy, and most of us remain greedy.

2. Kurt Vonnegut, Breakfast of Champions:

   The chief weapon of sea pirates, however, was their capacity to astonish. Nobody else could believe, until it was too late, how heartless and greedy they were.

3. Sarita Henriquez:

   I'm being greedy this year.

4. Jean Twenge:

   Narcissism is absolutely toxic to society, when faced with common resources, narcissists take more for themselves and leave less for others. They tend to be greedy and take too many risks. They feel entitled, don't think about consequences and assume that everything will turn out great.

5. Hazrat Ali Ibn-e- Abi Talib, Nahj-ul-Balagha (Sermon and sayings compilation):

   He who is greedy is disgraced; he who discloses his hardship will always be humiliated; he who has no control over his tongue will often have to face discomfort.