Covetous
Covetous adjective - Having or marked by an eager and often selfish desire especially for material possessions.
Usage example: one aggressive bargain hunter rushed to make a covetous grab for the last marked-down TV
Voracious is a synonym for covetous in greedy topic. In some cases you can use "Voracious" instead an adjective "Covetous".
Nearby Words: coveting, covetously
Mutual synonyms
Related pairs
- yearning and covetous
- yearning and voracious
- eager and covetous
- eager and voracious
- greedy and covetous
- greedy and voracious
- acquisitive and covetous
- acquisitive and voracious
- desirous and covetous
- desirous and voracious
- miserly and covetous
- miserly and voracious
- avid and covetous
- avid and voracious
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