Avaricious
11avaricious — I (Roget s IV) modif. Syn. greedy, grasping, covetous, mercenary; see greedy 1 . See Synonym Study at greedy . II (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) (VOCABULARY WORD) a. [AV ur ISH us] greedy. He was after her money; he was avaricious. SYN.: greedy,… …
12avaricious — avarice ► NOUN ▪ extreme greed for wealth or material gain. DERIVATIVES avaricious adjective. ORIGIN from Latin avarus greedy …
13avaricious — adjective immoderately desirous of acquiring e.g. wealth they are avaricious and will do anything for money casting covetous eyes on his neighbor s fields a grasping old miser grasping commercialism greedy for money and power grew richer and… …
14avaricious — adjective Date: 15th century greedy of gain ; excessively acquisitive especially in seeking to hoard riches Synonyms: see covetous • avariciously adverb • avariciousness noun …
15avaricious — Synonyms and related words: a hog for, acquisitive, all devouring, avid, bottomless, cheap, close, closefisted, coveting, covetous, devouring, esurient, gluttonous, gobbling, grabby, grasping, greedy, hardfisted, hoggish, illiberal, insatiable,… …
16avaricious — av·a·ri·cious || ‚ævÉ™ rɪʃəs adj. greedy, desiring power or wealth …
17avaricious — a. Grasping, greedy (of gain), sordid, close, close fisted, hard fisted, eager for gain (for the sake of hoarding it). See covetous …
18avaricious — adj 1. greedy, covetous, eager for gain; acquisitive, grasping, grabbing, rapacious, ravenous, ravening, predatory, predacious; mercenary, venal, usurious; sordid, selfish, hoarding, possessive. 2. miserly, penurious, parsimonious, niggardly;… …
19avaricious — av·a·ri·cious …
20avaricious — See: avarice …
