Greedy \Greed"y\ (gr[=e]d"[y^]), a. [Compar. Greedier
(-[i^]*[~e]r); superl. Greediest.] [OE. gredi, AS.
gr[=ae]dig, gr[=e]dig; akin to D. gretig, OS. gr[=a]dag, OHG.
gr[=a]tag, Dan. graadig, OSw. gradig, gr[*a]dig, Icel.
gr[=a][eth]ugr, Goth. gr[=e]dags greedy, gr[=e]d[=e]n to be
hungry; cf. Skr. g[.r]dh to be greedy. Cf. Greed.]
1. Having a keen appetite for food or drink; ravenous;
voracious; very hungry; -- followed by of; as, a lion that
is greedy of his prey.
[1913 Webster]
2. Having a keen desire for anything; vehemently desirous;
eager to obtain; avaricious; as, greedy of gain.
[1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
greedy
adj 1: 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 greedier";
"prehensile employers stingy with raises for their
employees" [syn: avaricious, covetous, grabby, grasping,
prehensile]
2: (often followed by `for') ardently or excessively desirous;
"avid for adventure"; "an avid ambition to succeed";
"fierce devouring affection"; "the esurient eyes of an
avid curiosity"; "greedy for fame" [syn: avid, devouring(a),
esurient]
3: wanting to eat or drink more than one can reasonably
consume; "don't be greedy with the cookies"
[also: greediest, greedier]
WordNet (r) 2.0
104 Moby Thesaurus words for "greedy":
Apician, a hog for, acquiring, acquisitive, all-devouring,
ambitious for self, autistic, avaricious, avid, bolting,
bottomless, careerist, close, cormorant, coveting, covetous,
cramming, crapulent, crapulous, craving, desirous, devouring,
edacious, egotistical, esurient, glutting, gluttonizing,
gluttonous, gobbling, gorging, grabby, grasping, gulping, guttling,
guzzling, hoggish, hyperphagic, individualistic, insatiable,
insatiate, intemperate, itchy, limitless, materialistic, mean,
mercenary, mingy, miserly, money-hungry, money-mad, narcissistic,
near, niggardly, omnivorous, overgreedy, parsimonious,
penny-pinching, penurious, personalistic, piggish, polyphagic,
possessive, prehensile, privatistic, quenchless, rapacious,
ravening, ravenous, remote, self-absorbed, self-admiring,
self-advancing, self-besot, self-centered, self-considerative,
self-contained, self-devoted, self-esteeming, self-indulgent,
self-interested, self-jealous, self-occupied, self-pleasing,
self-seeking, self-serving, self-sufficient, selfish, slakeless,
sordid, stingy, stuffing, swinish, tight, tight-fisted,
unappeasable, unappeased, unquenchable, unsated, unsatisfied,
unslakeable, unslaked, venal, voracious, wolfing
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
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