adjective
having or showing a great desire to possess something belonging to someone else.
she fingered the linen with covetous hands
grasping,greedy,rapacious,insatiable,yearning,acquisitive,desirous,possessive,selfish,jealous,envious,green with envy,green,green-eyed,grudging,begrudging,grabby
adjective
Having or showing an extreme greed for wealth or material gain.
a corrupt and avaricious government
grasping,acquisitive,covetous,greedy,rapacious,mercenary,materialistic,miserly
noun
Excessive interest in acquiring money or material things.
a culture of acquisitiveness permeated his administration
greed,greediness,covetousness,cupidity,possessiveness,grasping,graspingness,grabbing,avarice,avidity,predatoriness,rapaciousness,rapacity,voracity,voraciousness,mercenariness,materialism
adjective
Excessively interested in acquiring money or material things.
we live in a competitive and acquisitive society
greedy,hoarding,covetous,avaricious,possessive,grasping,grabbing,predatory,avid,rapacious,mercenary,materialistic,money-oriented
