Definitions

greedy

[gree-dee] / ˈgri di /

ADJECTIVE

desiring excessively

Synonyms

STRONGEST

eager hungry impatient rapacious selfish

WEAK

acquisitive avaricious avid carnivorous close close-fisted covetous craving desirous devouring edacious esurient gluttonous gobbling gormandizing grabby grasping grudging gulping guzzling hoggish insatiable insatiate intemperate itchy miserly omnivorous parsimonious penny-pinching penurious piggish prehensile ravening ravenous stingy swinish tight tight-fisted voracious

Antonyms

WEAK

abstemious benevolent charitable extravagant generous liberal philanthropic

Example Sentences

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Greedy widows and bullying uncles are distracting you from the bigger picture, the ability to plan a life that you have always wanted.

From MarketWatch • Oct. 9, 2025

David Prosser, from Pontypridd, Rhondda Cynon Taf, is not only a superfan, but he had a tribute act The Greedy Souls in the band's honour.

From BBC • Jul. 3, 2025

Greedy Vance Jr. may not look, on paper, like he would be the answer to USC’s pass rushing problems.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 24, 2024

"Until recently Swedes were bidding up the price of homes with funny money," said Andreas Cervenka, author of "Greedy Sweden", a book examining inequality driven partly by the housing boom.

From Reuters • Sep. 15, 2023

Greedy fingers went through his clothes, frantic figures searched him, and the pearl, knocked from his hand, lay winking behind a little stone in the pathway.

From "The Pearl" by John Steinbeck

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