immoderately desirous of acquiring e.g. wealth - 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 greedier - prehensile employers stingy with raises for their employees • Syn: covetous, grabby, grasping, greedy, prehensile • Similar to: acquisitive • Derivationally related forms: greed (for: greedy), greediness (for: greedy), grasping (for: grasping), covetousness (for: covetous), avarice, avariciousness
