Coveting
Coveting adjective - Having or marked by an eager and often selfish desire especially for material possessions.
Usage example: cast a coveting glance at her friend's diamond necklace
Rapacious and coveting are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Rapacious" instead an adjective "Coveting".
Rapacious
Rapacious adjective - Having or marked by an eager and often selfish desire especially for material possessions.
Usage example: rapacious plunderers who despoiled the tombs in the ancient pyramids
Coveting and rapacious are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Coveting" instead an adjective "Rapacious".
Nearby Words: rapacity, rapaciously
Mutual synonyms
Related pairs
- yearning and coveting
- yearning and rapacious
- greedy and coveting
- greedy and rapacious
- covetous and coveting
- covetous and rapacious
- acquisitive and coveting
- acquisitive and rapacious
- desirous and coveting
- desirous and rapacious
- mercenary and coveting
- mercenary and rapacious
- avid and coveting
- avid and rapacious
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Rapacious and Coveting. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 01, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/coveting/rapacious
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