Synonyms for Greed
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1. greednoun

   Synonyms:
   rapacity, avarice, covetousness, greediness

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1. greed

   Synonyms:
   drunkenness, excess, gluttony, intemperance, intoxication, reveling, revelry, self-indulgence, sensuality, wantonness

   Antonyms:
   abstemiousness, abstinence, continence, fasting, frugality, moderation, self-control, self-denial, self-restraint, sobriety, temperance

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1. greednoun

   excessive desire to acquire or possess more (especially more material wealth) than one needs or deserves

   Synonyms:
   rapacity, avarice, covetousness, avaritia

2. 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

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1. • Desire

Dictionary of English SynonymesRate these synonyms:4.5 / 2 votes

1. greednoun

   Synonyms:
   eagerness, longing, GREEDINESS

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1. List of paraphrases for "greed":

   avidity, avarice, rapacity

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1. List of known nicknames for "Greed":

   Welton LeJeune, Tobias Wirz

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1. Dominique Walker:

   It shows the pure evilness of speculators, this is why we want them out of our community. They have no respect for the communities, no respect for humanity, only respect for profit and greed. This house means nothing to them.

2. Bernie Sanders:

   This week marks a victory for patients with LEMS and American taxpayers, and a blow to the greed of Big Pharma, suffering patients used to receive life-saving medication for free from Jacobus Pharmaceuticals -- until a competitor, Catalyst, bought the rights to the drug, received market exclusivity, and started charging $ 375,000 a year to those in desperate need.

3. Bernie Sanders:

   In fact, the greed of Wall Street and corporate America is destroying the very fabric of our nation. And here is a New Year's resolution that I will keep if elected president -- and that is if Wall Street does not end its greed, we will end it for them.

4. Sanjeev Kumar Balyan:

   It's now upon Monsanto to decide whether they want to accept this rate or not, if they don't find it feasible, then they are free to take a call. The greed( of charging) a premium has to end.

5. Dickens Kamugisha:

   The tax is an absolute insult to Ugandans...we already buy data which the government taxes, why should we again have to pay this money to government to access these platforms? and in any case these are now essential communications channels that people use to reach loved ones, communicate with friends, socialites and mobilize civically...the tax reflects the highest form of greed.