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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | greedy for money |
| Synonyms: | acquisitive, avaricious, bribable, corrupt, covetous, grabby, grasping, miserly, money-grubbing, selfish, sordid, stingy, unethical, unprincipled, unscrupulous, venal |
| Antonyms: | generous, unselfish |
| Main Entry: | adventurer |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | person who takes risks |
| Synonyms: | charlatan, daredevil, entrepreneur, explorer, fortune-hunter, gambler, globetrotter, hero, heroine, madcap, mercenary, opportunist, pioneer, pirate, romantic, speculator, stunt person, swashbuckler, traveler, venturer, voyager, wanderer |
| Main Entry: | commercial |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | intended for financial gain |
| Synonyms: | Wall Street, exploited, for profit, investment, materialistic, mercenary, monetary, money-making, pecuniary, profitmaking, venal |
| Antonyms: | noncommercial, not-for-profit |
| Main Entry: | corrupt |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | dishonest |
| Synonyms: | base, bent, bribable, crooked, debauched, double-dealing, exploiting, extortionate, faithless, fast and loose, fixed, foul, fraudulent, gone to the dogs, inconstant, iniquitous, knavish, mercenary, nefarious, on the take, open, padded, perfidious, praetorian, profiteering, racket up, reprobate, rotten, shady, snide, suborned, tainted, treacherous, two-faced, underhanded, unethical, unfaithful, unprincipled, unscrupulous, untrustworthy, venal, wide open |
| Antonyms: | decent, honest, honorable, principled, pure, trustworthy, truthful, uncorrupt, upright |
| Main Entry: | covetous |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | greedy; very desirous |
| Synonyms: | acquisitive, avaricious, avid, close-fisted, eager, ensurient, envious, gluttonous, grabby, grasping, green-eyed, grudging, hogging, itchy, jealous, keen, mercenary, piggish, prehensile, rapacious, ravenous, selfish, swinish, voracious, yearning |
| Antonyms: | benevolent, generous, giving |
| Main Entry: | fighter |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | person engaged in hostile encounter |
| Synonyms: | GI, aggressor, antagonist, assailant, battler, belligerent, boxer, brawler, bruiser, bully, champion, combatant, competitor, contender, contestant, disputant, duelist, gladiator, heavy*, jouster, mercenary, militant, opponent, person-at-arms, pugilist, punching bag, rival, scrapper, serviceperson, slugger, soldier, tanker, warlord, warrior, wildcat |
| Antonyms: | peacemaker |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | guerrilla |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | bushfighter |
| Synonyms: | commando, freedom fighter, irregular, mercenary, professional soldier, resistance fighter, soldier of fortune, terrorist, underground fighter |
| Notes: | guerrilla is from a Spanish diminutive of guerra 'war' and refers to a soldier of an independent armed resistance force; gorilla is the ape |
| Main Entry: | mean |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | ungenerous |
| Synonyms: | close, greedy, mercenary, mingy, miserly, niggard, parsimonious, penny-pinching, penurious, rapacious, scrimpy, selfish, stingy, tight, tight-fisted |
| Notes: | the median is the halfway point, dividing a series of numbers in half - while a mean is the average of the sum of the series |
| Antonyms: | generous, kind, unselfish |
| Main Entry: | narrow |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | cheap, stingy |
| Synonyms: | avaricious, close, mean, mercenary, scrimpy, tight*, ungenerous |
| Antonyms: | generous, spendthrift, wasting |
* = informal/non-formal usage
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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