Definition for Greediness:

• Keenness of appetite for food or drink; voracity; ardent and selfish desire.

Synonyms for Greediness:

• n.

  •attribute (noun)
  • hoggishness,
  • voraciousness,
  • greediness,
  • piggishness,
  • rapaciousness.
  •avarice (noun)
  • covetousness,
  • avidity,
  • penuriousness,
  • penny- pinching,
  • thrift,
  • parsimony,
  • frugality.
  •avariciousness (noun)
  • money-hunger,
  • money-grubbing,
  • moneygrubbing.
  •avidity (noun)
  • enthusiasm,
  • intense desire.
  •cupidity (noun)
  • infatuation,
  • lust,
  • possessiveness,
  • craving,
  • voracity,
  • itching,
  • yearning,
  • longing,
  • graspingness,
  • passion.
  •eagerness (noun)
  • anticipation,
  • zest,
  • zing,
  • alacrity,
  • gusto,
  • fervor,
  • heartiness,
  • vehemence,
  • ambition,
  • earnestness,
  • keenness,
  • quickness,
  • zeal,
  • excitement,
  • thirst,
  • promptness,
  • impatience,
  • ardor,
  • solicitude.
  •gluttony (noun)
  • crapulence,
  • omnivorousness,
  • indulgence,
  • boundlessness,
  • Insatiability,
  • excessiveness,
  • consumption,
  • intemperance,
  • immoderateness,
  • extravagance,
  • overindulgence.
  •hunger (noun)
  • desire,
  • appetence,
  • ache,
  • greed,
  • starvation,
  • want,
  • emptiness,
  • bottomless pit,
  • void,
  • yen,
  • ravenousness,
  • Appetition,
  • appetency,
  • sweet tooth,
  • mania.
  •rapacity (noun)
  • thievery.
  •selfishness (noun)
  • narcissism,
  • egotism,
  • vanity,
  • self-occupation,
  • egocentricity,
  • selfishness,
  • self-centeredness.
  •voracity (noun)
  • edacity.

• Other synonyms:

  •n.
  • acquisitiveness,
  • avarice,
  • avariciousness,
  • cupidity,
  • eagerness,
  • esurience,
  • famine,
  • famishment,
  • gluttony,
  • hunger,
  • hungriness,
  • impetuosity,
  • intentness,
  • miserliness,
  • niggardliness,
  • rapacity,
  • stinginess,
  • vacancy,
  • Gluttonies,
  • munchies,
  • grabbiness,
  • a stomach for,
  • big eyes,
  • close-fistedness,
  • closefistedness,
  • eyes for,
  • pennypinching.

Antonyms for Greediness:

• n.

  • avarice
    generosity, philanthropy.
  • cupidity
    dislike, hate, hatred, indifference, distaste, apathy.
  • eagerness
    disinterest, reluctance, satisfaction, slowness, dullness, coolness.
  • hunger
    disgust, fullness, satiation, fill.
  • Other antonyms:
    openheartedness, openhandedness, bounteousness, liberality, selflessness, gratification, fulfillment, magnanimity, unselfishness, largesse, contentment, bountifulness, generousness, altruism, charity, bounty.

Greediness Sentence Examples:

• He spoke of his licentiousness, greediness, ostentation, despotism, and assured the monarch that nearly all the inhabitants of the Netherlands entertained the same opinion concerning him.

• The trout, hindered by surprise as well as greediness, surrendered, and Priscilla with trembling hands and glowing eyes drew him to shore.

Hyponym for Greediness:

• n.

  • attribute
    gluttony, selfishness.