Antonyms for covetousnesscov·etous·ness

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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

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1. covetousnessnoun

   Synonyms:
   cupidity, avarice, greed

How to use covetousness in a sentence?

1. 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.

2. 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.

3. Confucius:

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

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