Greed Roget’s Thesaurus §817a N. covetousness, ravenousness &c. # adj,
venality,
avidity,
cupidity, acquisitiveness (acquisition) 775, desire,
greed,
greediness,
avarice,
avidity,
rapacity,
extortion,
selfishness, auri sacra fames,
grasping,
craving, canine appetite,
rapacity Adj. greedy,
avaricious,
covetous,
acquisitive,
grasping,
rapacious,
lickerish, greedy as a hog, overeager,
voracious,
ravenous, ravenous as a wolf,
openmouthed,
extortionate, exacting, sordid|, alieni appetens,
insatiable,
insatiate,
unquenchable,
quenchless,
omnivorous N. parsimony, parcity|,
parsimoniousness,
stinginess,
stint,
illiberality,
tenacity,
avarice,
greed,
miser,
niggard,
churl, screw,
skinflint,
crib,
codger,
muckworm,
scrimp,
lickpenny,
hunks,
curmudgeon,
harpagon,
harpy,
extortioner,
jew,
usurer,
hessian, pinch fist, pinch penny
V. be parsimonious,
grudge,
begrudge,
stint,
pinch,
gripe, screw, dole out, hold back,
withhold,
starve,
famish, live upon nothing, skin a flint, drive a bargain, drive a hard bargain,
cheapen, beat down, stop one hole in a sieve, have an itching palm,
grasp,
grab Adj. parsimonious,
penurious,
stingy,
miserly, mean,
shabby,
peddling,
scrubby, penny wise, near,
niggardly, close, fast handed, close handed, strait handed, close fisted, hard fisted, tight fisted,
tight,
sparing,
chary,
grudging,
griping,
illiberal, ungenerous,
churlish,
hidebound,
sordid,
mercenary,
venal,
covetous,
usurious,
avaricious,
greedy,
extortionate,
rapacious Adv. with a sparing hand
Phr. desunt inopioe multa avaritiae omnia, "hoards after hoards his rising raptures fill", "the unsunn'd heaps of miser's treasures", words relating to the sentiment and moral powers
N. gluttony,
greed,
avarice,
greediness, # voracity,
epicurism, good living, high living,
edacity,
gulosity,
crapulence, guttling,
guzzling,
pantophagy, good cheer, blow out, feast,
gastronomy, batterie de cuisine,
epicure,
bon vivant,
gourmand,
glutton,
cormorant,
hog, belly god,
apicius,
gastronome,
gourmet, 868, v,
gormandize,
gorge,
overgorge, overeat oneself,
engorge, eat one's fill,
cram, stuff,
guttle,
guzzle,
bolt,
devour, gobble up,
gulp,
raven, eat out of house and home, have the stomach of an ostrich, play a good knife and fork,
pamper Adj. gluttonous,
greedy,
gormandizing,
edacious,
omnivorous,
crapulent,
swinish,
avaricious,
selfish,
pampered, overfed, overgorged
Phr. jejunus raro stomachus vulgaria temnit
