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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Here, she discusses greedy women, cold mothers and her own tradwife impulses.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 8, 2026

"Get back to your boxing, you're getting too greedy, trying to land and getting caught," Verhoeven's trainer Peter Fury warned his man.

From BBC • May 23, 2026

Print and cinema’s strings are being pulled by the grubby, greedy hands of executives who care far more about money and expediency than art and process.

From Salon • May 1, 2026

He said for some, the suspended state of the market could be an opportunity, pointing to a famous Warren Buffett quote: “Be fearful when others are greedy, and be greedy when others are fearful.”

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 15, 2026

Grandma Edem had made good money from her clam picking and trading and had left gold jewelry for all her children, but it was being hoarded by Ma’s older sister and her greedy husband.

From "Flying Through Water" by Mamle Wolo

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