greedy

[gree-dee] / ˈgri di /

ADJECTIVE

desiring excessively

Synonyms

STRONGEST

eager hungry impatient rapacious selfish

WEAK

acquisitive avaricious avid carnivorous close close-fisted covetous craving desirous devouring edacious esurient gluttonous gobbling gormandizing grabby grasping grudging gulping guzzling hoggish insatiable insatiate intemperate itchy miserly omnivorous parsimonious penny-pinching penurious piggish prehensile ravening ravenous stingy swinish tight tight-fisted voracious

Antonyms

WEAK

abstemious benevolent charitable extravagant generous liberal philanthropic

Example Sentences

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Using spells and legal reasoning, they rallied the community to defeat a greedy dragon and use its gold hoard to rebuild the city.

From Los Angeles Times • May 24, 2026

"Get back to your boxing, you're getting too greedy, trying to land and getting caught," Verhoeven's trainer Peter Fury warned his man.

From BBC • May 23, 2026

Print and cinema’s strings are being pulled by the grubby, greedy hands of executives who care far more about money and expediency than art and process.

From Salon • May 1, 2026

I asked whether she believed his sons were being greedy, but again, he wasn’t sure.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 13, 2026

The morning we were to leave, she was up before dawn, a greedy smile on her face as if she were about to take a big bite of something tasty.

From "Homeless Bird" by Gloria Whelan

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