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greedy
adjective as in desiring excessively
Weak matches
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
Example Sentences
Citing the cost of living and climate crises, Greer said Scotland was "rigged" in favour of the super-rich, big polluters and "greedy landlords".
It’s a flawed reason, and a greedy one, a fact neither character seems to understand.
It certainly felt a long way back for Isak on Saturday after the away end called the Swede "greedy" following the goalless draw against Aston Villa.
Is two-tier Test system 'greedy' or will it help cricket survive?
Rather, this a lean showdown between self-control and gluttony, between our modest heroes and a greedy titan.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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