Synonyms for Avarice
ˈæv ər ɪsavarice

WiktionaryRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. avaricenoun

   Synonyms:
   avariciousness

2. avaricenoun

   Excessive or inordinate desire of gain; greediness after wealth; covetousness; cupidity.

   Synonyms:
   avariciousness

3. avaricenoun

   Inordinate desire for some supposed good.

   Synonyms:
   avariciousness

Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and AntonymsRate these synonyms:3.0 / 4 votes

1. avarice

   Synonyms:
   greed, cupidity, rapacity, penuriousness, niggardliness, miserliness, stinginess, covetousness, acquisitiveness, griping, greediness

   Antonyms:
   large-heartedness, unselfishness, liberality, bountifulness, profuseness, squander, prodigality, extravagance, waste

Princeton's WordNetRate these synonyms:1.0 / 1 vote

1. 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, covetousness, voraciousness, rapacity, rapaciousness

2. avarice, avariciousness, covetousness, cupiditynoun

   extreme greed for material wealth

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

Dictionary of English SynonymesRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. avaricenoun

   Synonyms:
   penuriousness, cupidity, niggardliness, closeness, covetousness

Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated WordsRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. avaricenoun

   Synonyms:
   cupidity

PPDB, the paraphrase databaseRate these paraphrases:0.0 / 0 votes

1. List of paraphrases for "avarice":

   greed

How to pronounce Avarice?

How to say Avarice in sign language?

Words popularity by usage frequency

How to use Avarice in a sentence?

1. Alexander Hamilton, P. 217 - A History of the American People by P. Johnson:

   Every man ought to be supposed a knave, and to have no other end, in all his actions, but private interest. By this interest we must govern him, and by means of it, make him cooperate to public good, notwithstanding his unsatiable avarice and ambition.

2. The Hitopadesa:

   Through avarice a man loses his understanding, and by his thirst for wealth he gives pain to the inhabitants of both worlds.

3. Alighieri Dante:

   Pride, envy, avarice -- these are the sparks have set on fire the souls of man.

4. Dante Alighieri, The Divine Comedy:

   Avarice, envy, pride, Three fatal sparks, have set the hearts of all On Fire.

5. Matthew Green (c. 1737):

   Avarice is the sphincter of the heart.