GREEDY as ADJECTIVE

1. Meaning
   • wanting to eat or drink more than one can reasonably consume
   Usage Example(s)
   • don”t be greedy with the cookies
   Similar To
   • gluttonous (what does gluttonous mean?)
2. Meaning
   • immoderately desirous of acquiring e.g. wealth
   Synonym(s)
   • avaricious (what does avaricious mean?)
   • covetous (what does covetous mean?)
   • grabby (what does grabby mean?)
   • grasping (what does grasping mean?)
   • prehensile (what does prehensile mean?)
   Usage Example(s)
   • they are avaricious and will do anything for money
   • casting covetous eyes on his neighbor’’s fields
   • a grasping old miser
   • grasping commercialism
   • greedy for money and power
   • grew richer and greed
   Similar To
   • acquisitive (what does acquisitive mean?)
3. Meaning
   • (often followed by `for”) ardently or excessively desirous
   Synonym(s)
   • avid (what does avid mean?)
   • devouring(a) (what does devouring(a) mean?)
   • esurient (what does esurient mean?)
   Usage Example(s)
   • avid for adventure
   • an avid ambition to succeed
   • fierce devouring affection
   • the esurient eyes of an avid curiosity
   • greedy for fame
   Similar To
   • desirous (what does desirous mean?)