Greedy

Adjective

 * 1) Having greed; consumed by selfish desires
 * 2)  Tending to match as much text as possible.

Adverbs for Greedy
inordinately; covetously; avidly; ravenously; insatiably; voraciously; incurably; incorrigibly; strangely; instinctively; painfully; embarrassingly; irreclaimably; hopelessly; shamelessly; perpetually; appallingly; shamefully; scandalously; indecently; brazenly; palpably; unmistakably; obviously; openly; manifestly.

Synonyms for Greedy
gluttonous, avid, avaricious, ravenous, acquisitive, grasping, rapacious, voracious, devouring, parsimonious, miserly, close, grudging, sordid, mercenary, illiberal, stingy, covetous.

Antonyms for Greedy
liberal, open-handed, generous, sharing, charitable, philanthropic, prodigal, profuse, improvident, lavish, spendthrift, extravagant, wasteful.

Related terms

 * greed
 * greediness
 * greedy-guts

Thesaurus
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

Etymology
From gredy:, from  grædig:, from, from , from. Cognate with gradag: ( graag:),  gratag:,  grådig: (<  gráðigr:, gráði:),  𐌲𐍂𐌴𐌳𐌰𐌲𐍃:.

Translations

 * Afrikaans: gulsig
 * Albanian: lakmitar
 * Arabic: طماع
 * Armenian:
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: 貪婪, 贪婪,  貪心,  贪心
 * Czech: ,
 * Dutch:
 * Finnish:
 * French:, ,
 * German:, habgierig,  habsüchtig
 * Greek: άπληστος
 * Hungarian:, kapzsi


 * Ido: avida
 * Italian: ,
 * Japanese: 貪欲
 * Korean: 욕심 많은
 * Kurdish:
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese: guloso, ganancioso
 * Russian: ,
 * Sardinian: mandigadore, ispasteradu, isgrasumìdu
 * Scottish Gaelic:, sanntach
 * Spanish:, ,
 * Swedish:
 * Telugu: పొగరు
 * West Frisian: gjirrich

Anagrams

 * greyed