coveter
One who yearns
A coveter is someone who desires something intensely, especially something belonging to another person.
The word carries moral weight from its biblical prohibition against coveting a neighbor's possessions or spouse.
He was a coveter of rare manuscripts, always eyeing other collectors' finds.
Excessive desire for riches
- acquisitivenessDesire to gather wealth
- hoardingExcessive accumulation of goods
- materialismPrioritizing goods over spirit
- selfishnessExcessive concern for oneself
rapacity · graspingness · possessiveness · insatiability · cupidity · voracity · mercenary · consumerism
Intense prolonged craving
- longingIntense, persistent desire
- cravingPowerful urge to have
- wantingAbsent or insufficient
- lustIntense carnal appetite
hunger · pining · wish · aspiration · ache · thirst · obsession · fixation
Persistent bitter displeasure
- begrudgeEnvy or give unwillingly
- jealousyResentful desire for another's advantages
- spitePetty malicious intent
- rivalryOngoing contest between opponents
bitterness · grudge · comparison · discontent · insecurity · suspicion · distrust · envious
avarice
Excessive desire for riches
- acquisitivenessDesire to gather wealth
- hoardingExcessive accumulation of goods
- materialismPrioritizing goods over spirit
selfishness · rapacity · graspingness · possessiveness · insatiability · cupidity · voracity · mercenary · consumerism · accumulation
yearning
Intense prolonged craving
lust · hunger · pining · wish · aspiration · ache · thirst · obsession · fixation · infatuation
resentment
Persistent bitter displeasure
- begrudgeEnvy or give unwillingly
- jealousyResentful desire for another's advantages
- spitePetty malicious intent
rivalry · bitterness · grudge · comparison · discontent · insecurity · suspicion · distrust · envious · resentful
- sinnerssinner, transgressor, evildoer, wrongdoer, blasphemer
- wanterscraver, wisher, yearner, hoper, longer
coveterascetic
One who renounces indulgence
monk · nun · minimalist · mendicant · stoic
covetergiver
One who bestows
philanthropist · ascetic · benefactor · altruist · sharer
covet, coveted, covetous, coveting, covets, covetousness, covetable, covetously, uncoveted