greed
noun
[ ɡriːd ]
• intense and selfish desire for something, especially wealth, power, or food.
• "mercenaries who had allowed greed to overtake their principles"
Similar:
avarice,
greediness,
acquisitiveness,
covetousness,
rapacity,
graspingness,
cupidity,
avidity,
possessiveness,
materialism,
mercenariness,
predatoriness,
money-grubbing,
money-grabbing,
grabbiness,
Mammonism,
pleonexia,
gluttony,
hunger,
ravenousness,
voraciousness,
voracity,
insatiability,
gourmandizing,
gourmandism,
intemperance,
overeating,
overconsumption,
self-indulgence,
swinishness,
piggishness,
hoggishness,
gutsiness,
edacity,
esurience,
desire,
urge,
need,
appetite,
craving,
longing,
yearning,
hankering,
hungering,
thirst,
pining,
eagerness,
enthusiasm,
impatience,
yen,
itch,
Origin:
late 16th century: back-formation from greedy.
