greed

Meanings

Plural: greeds

Noun

• excessive desire to acquire or possess more (especially more material wealth) than one needs or deserves
• reprehensible acquisitiveness; insatiable desire for wealth (personified as one of the deadly sins)
• A selfish or excessive desire for more than is needed or deserved, especially of money, wealth, food, or other possessions.

Verb

• To desire in a greedy manner, or to act on such a desire.

Synonyms

avarice, avaritia, covetise, covetousness, cupidity, gluttony, greed, greediness, Mammon, rapacity

Antonyms

charity

Related Words

envy, glutton, greedy, voracious