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Synonyms for covetous in English

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covetous:
- desirous; eager; greedy; covetous; avid; keen; thirsty; eagre; grasping; avaricious; grabby; prehensile; jealous; envious
- greedy; mercenary; covetous

English

Detailed Synonyms for covetous in English

covetous:

covetous adj

covetous
desirous; eager; greedy; covetous; avid; keen; thirsty; eagre
- desirous adj
- eager adj, American
- greedy adj
- covetous adj
- avid adj
- keen adj
- thirsty adj
- eagre adj, British
covetous

– immoderately desirous of acquiring e.g. wealth ¹
greedy; grasping; covetous; avaricious; grabby; prehensile
– immoderately desirous of acquiring e.g. wealth ¹
- greedy adj
  - greedy for money and power¹
  - grew richer and greedier¹
- grasping adj
  - a grasping old miser¹
  - grasping commercialism¹
- covetous adj
  - casting covetous eyes on his neighbor's fields¹
- avaricious adj
  - they are avaricious and will do anything for money¹
- grabby adj
- prehensile adj
  - prehensile employers stingy with raises for their employees¹
covetous

– showing extreme cupidity; painfully desirous of another's advantages ¹
jealous; envious; covetous
– showing extreme cupidity; painfully desirous of another's advantages ¹
- jealous adj
  - jealous of his success and covetous of his possessions¹
- envious adj
  - envious of their art collection¹
- covetous adj
  - he was never covetous before he met her¹
  - jealous of his success and covetous of his possessions¹

covetous

covetous
greedy; mercenary; covetous

Related Words for "covetous":

covetousness, covetously

Alternate Synonyms for "covetous":

envious; jealous; desirous; wishful
avaricious; grabby; grasping; greedy; prehensile; acquisitive

Related Definitions for "covetous":

immoderately desirous of acquiring e.g. wealth¹
- casting covetous eyes on his neighbor's fields¹
showing extreme cupidity; painfully desirous of another's advantages¹
- he was never covetous before he met her¹
- jealous of his success and covetous of his possessions¹

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