Synonyms for avarice
ˈæv ər ɪsavarice

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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

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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

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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, avaritia, edacity, covetousness, voraciousness, rapacity, rapaciousness

2. avarice, avariciousness, covetousness, cupiditynoun

   extreme greed for material wealth

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

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1. avaricenoun

   Synonyms:
   penuriousness, cupidity, niggardliness, closeness, covetousness

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1. avaricenoun

   Synonyms:
   cupidity

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1. List of paraphrases for "avarice":

   greed

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1. Tecumseh:

   Where today are the Pequot Where are the Narragansett, the Mohican, the Pokanoket, and many other once powerful tribes of our people They have vanished before the avarice and the oppression of the White Man, as snow before a summer sun. Will we let ourselves be destroyed in our turn without a struggle, give up our homes, our country bequeathed to us by the Great Spirit, the graves of our dead and everything that is dear to us I know you will cry with me, NEVER NEVER.

2. Mahabharata:

   Heaven?s gate is narrow and minute,* It cannot be perceived by foolish men, Blinded by vain illusions of the world. E?en the clear-sighted, who discern the way And seek to enter, find the portal barred And hard to be unlocked. Its massive bolts Are pride and passion, avarice and lust.

3. Walter Savage Landor:

   Ambition is but avarice on stilts and masked.

4. Eric Bland and Ronnie Richter:

   Today is a bittersweet day for the Tony Satterfield and Harriott Families, avarice and betrayal of trust are at the heart of this matter. Lawsuits and claims are not vehicles for Eric Bland and Ronnie Richter, defendants and/or friends to enrich themselves at the expense of their clients. These belong to the clients and the clients only. This is the sacred trust that lawyers and fiduciaries owe their clients. 100 % fidelity and never putting their interests over the clients.

5. 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.