Antonyms 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.

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

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

   Preposition:
   The monarch was avaricious of power.

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1. greedy

   Antonyms:
   abstemious, abstinent, indifferent, contented

   Synonyms:
   gluttonous, voracious, hungry, desirous, avaricious

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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"

   Antonyms:
   undesirous, abstemious, undesiring, unacquisitive

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

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"

   Antonyms:
   unacquisitive, undesiring, undesirous, abstemious

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

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1. greedyadjective

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

How to use greedy in a sentence?

1. Imam Ali, Peak of Eloquence (Nahjul Balagha):

   205. A greedy man will always find himself in the shackles of humility.

2. Omar Zain al-Abideen:

   We are the protectors of the demands of the people, we are not greedy for power.

3. Lakshheish M Patel:

   People had seen how CHIT FUND turned out to be a scam and fraud and how the same was promoted by greedy bollywood celebrities and cricketers for money purpose. Now the same CHIT FUND seems to have taken a new avtaar of MUTUAL FUND n SIP

4. President Vladimir Putin:

   We will be searching for a strategic partner who understands and knows that one should not be greedy while buying, let's say, 19 percent of shares in Rosneft, that (partner) should not pay attention to the current share price but should look into the future.

5. Kelley Drake:

   I won’t let greedy white collars destroy my love letter.

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