Avarice
Avarice noun - An intense selfish desire for wealth or possessions.
Wealth and avarice are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Wealth" instead a noun "Avarice".
Nearby Word: avaricious
Mutual synonyms
How words are described
| sufficient | sufficient avarice | sufficient wealth |
| great | great avarice | great wealth |
| immense | immense avarice | immense wealth |
Both words in one sentence
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Provided you can speak Italian and have a good ear for opera, you'll find the song (rather appropriately) talks about greed, power, and wealth; in essence, the male singer is filled with avarice, the female singer warns him of it, and he discards her advice only to die and lose it all.
Source: Video Game / PAYDAY 2 -
Her first wish "To be the most beautiful woman of my age" made her age be over 80, her wish for "Wealth beyond the dreams of avarice" gave her nothing, because avarice has no bounds, but her wish that the demon be "Totally and unselfishly in love with me" got her anything that would make her happy.
Source: Literal Genie
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Wealth and Avarice. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 07, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/avarice/wealth
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