Text: 1 having or marked by an eager and often selfish desire especially for material possessions<a young rocker who was greedy for fame and riches><the greedy exploitation of the land by developers>Synonymsacquisitive, avaricious, avid, coveting, covetous, grasping, mercenary, rapaciousRelated Wordsmaterialistic, philistine; desirous, eager, itchy, miserly; hoggish, piggish, swinish; devouring, gluttonous, gobbling, insatiable, ravenous, unquenchable, voracious; discontent, discontented, malcontent, unquenched, unsatisfied; begrudging, grudging, resentfulNear Antonymsbounteous, bountiful, charitable, freehanded, generous, greathearted, handsome, liberal, munificent, openhanded, openhearted, unselfish, unsparing; controlled, moderate, restrained, temperate; content, sated, satisfied 2 having a huge appetite<he's so greedy you have to carefully watch your plate during dinner, lest he snatch food off it>— see voracious 1

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