covetousness
Sinful material desire
Covetousness is greedy desire for what belongs to others—their wealth, possessions, or advantages.
The word carries moral weight, appearing in religious contexts where coveting is sinful: The tenth commandment warns against covetousness.
It suggests not just wanting more, but wanting specifically what someone else has: His covetousness toward his neighbor's success consumed him.
Excessive desire for riches
- acquisitivenessDesire to gather wealth
- rapacityAggressive, seizing greed
- insatiabilityInability to feel satisfied
- graspingnessExcessive desire to acquire
hoarding · selfishness · money-grubbing · mercenary · possessiveness · cupidity · gluttony · voracity
Preoccupation with acquiring goods
- acquisitivenessDesire to gather wealth
- wealthAbundance of valuable resources
- luxuryExpensive nonessential comfort
- possessionsThings one owns
status · affluence · opulence · extravagance · hoarding · collecting · showiness · worldliness
Intense prolonged craving
- longingIntense, persistent desire
- cravingPowerful urge to have
- lustIntense carnal appetite
- hungerNeed for nourishment
thirst · pining · ache · wanting · obsession · infatuation · appetite · passion
Resentful desire for another's advantages
- resentmentPersistent bitter displeasure
- begrudgeEnvy or give unwillingly
- enviousWanting what others possess
- rivalryOngoing contest between opponents
grudge · spite · bitterness · malice · ill-will · green-eyed · invidious · comparison
avarice
Excessive desire for riches
- acquisitivenessDesire to gather wealth
- rapacityAggressive, seizing greed
- insatiabilityInability to feel satisfied
graspingness · hoarding · selfishness · money-grubbing · mercenary · possessiveness · cupidity · gluttony · voracity · usury
consumerism
Preoccupation with acquiring goods
- acquisitivenessDesire to gather wealth
- wealthAbundance of valuable resources
- luxuryExpensive nonessential comfort
possessions · status · affluence · opulence · extravagance · hoarding · collecting · showiness · worldliness · mammonism
yearning
Intense prolonged craving
hunger · thirst · pining · ache · wanting · obsession · infatuation · appetite · passion · fervor
jealousy
Resentful desire for another's advantages
- resentmentPersistent bitter displeasure
- begrudgeEnvy or give unwillingly
- enviousWanting what others possess
rivalry · grudge · spite · bitterness · malice · ill-will · green-eyed · invidious · comparison · backbiting
- desireswant, wish, desire, wanting, yearning
- greedgreed, avarice, cupidity, materialism, misers
- selfishnessselfishness, greed, egoism, narcissism, self-centeredness
- jealousyenvy, resentment, possessiveness, rivalry, green-eyed monster
- desireyearn, yearning, crave, craving, lust
- sinoriginal sin, mortal sin, venial sin, deadly sins, seven deadly sins
covetousnesscontentment
Peaceful satisfaction with circumstances
satisfaction · contentedness · gratitude · thankfulness · non-attachment
covetousnessgenerosity
Readiness to give freely
liberality · bountifulness · magnanimity · benevolence · open-handedness
covetousnessbenevolence
Disposition toward doing good
goodwill · kindness · sympathy · compassion · virtue