greed
Hunger for more
Greed is excessive desire for more than one needs or deserves, especially money or possessions.
The word carries moral weight—greed isn't just wanting things but wanting them beyond reasonable measure, often at others' expense.
Corporate greed, greed for power.
The greedy hoard what they have while craving what they don't.
Impossible to satisfy
- rapacityAggressive, seizing greed
- covetousnessExcessive desire for possessions
- graspingGreedy for wealth
- avariciousExcessively desirous of wealth
acquisitiveness · cupidity · rapaciousness · voracity · selfishness · possessiveness · mercenary · predatory
Greedy excess in consumption
- overindulgenceExcessive consumption or enjoyment
- insatiabilityInability to feel satisfied
- overconsumptionExcessive use of resources
- immoderationLack of self-restraint
intemperance · surfeit · profligacy · extravagance · wastefulness · decadence · binge · gorging
Accumulated reserve supply
- accumulationCollected mass over time
- amassingCollecting in quantity
- stashHidden reserve
- cacheConcealed storage spot
hoard · squirreling · collecting · piling · amassment · miserliness · stinginess · penny-pinching
Prioritizing goods over spirit
- acquisitivenessDesire to gather wealth
- shoppingAcquiring goods at retailers
- spendingOutlaying of funds
- buyingObtaining through payment
status-seeking · overconsumption · disposable · fast-fashion · McMansion · luxury · bling · trophy
Person worth ten figures
- tycoonDominant industrial leader
- magnateWealthy business leader
- oligarchMember of small ruling class
- plutocratRuler through wealth
fortune · inheritance · riches · affluence · opulence · mammon · robber-baron · fat-cat
Corrupt payment for influence
- embezzlementFraudulent taking of entrusted assets
- graftIllicit political gain
- kickbacksIllegal return payments
- extortionObtaining through threats
profiteering · racketeering · skimming · swindling · fraud · misappropriation · looting · plunder
insatiable
Impossible to satisfy
- rapacityAggressive, seizing greed
- covetousnessExcessive desire for possessions
- graspingGreedy for wealth
avaricious · acquisitiveness · cupidity · rapaciousness · voracity · selfishness · possessiveness · mercenary · predatory · opportunism
gluttony
Greedy excess in consumption
- overindulgenceExcessive consumption or enjoyment
- insatiabilityInability to feel satisfied
- overconsumptionExcessive use of resources
immoderation · intemperance · surfeit · profligacy · extravagance · wastefulness · decadence · binge · gorging · hogging
stockpile
Accumulated reserve supply
- accumulationCollected mass over time
- amassingCollecting in quantity
- stashHidden reserve
cache · hoard · squirreling · collecting · piling · amassment · miserliness · stinginess · penny-pinching · tightfisted
materialism
Prioritizing goods over spirit
- acquisitivenessDesire to gather wealth
- shoppingAcquiring goods at retailers
- spendingOutlaying of funds
buying · status-seeking · overconsumption · disposable · fast-fashion · McMansion · luxury · bling · trophy · collector
billionaire
Person worth ten figures
plutocrat · fortune · inheritance · riches · affluence · opulence · mammon · robber-baron · fat-cat · moneybags
bribery
Corrupt payment for influence
- embezzlementFraudulent taking of entrusted assets
- graftIllicit political gain
- kickbacksIllegal return payments
extortion · profiteering · racketeering · skimming · swindling · fraud · misappropriation · looting · plunder · under-the-table
- A Christmas CarolEbenezer Scrooge, Scrooge, Tiny Tim, Bob Cratchit, Jacob Marley
- bad behaviorcheating, stealing, lying, selfishness, arrogance
- bad behaviorslying, cheating, stealing, rudeness, gossiping
- bad traitsmeanness, rudeness, cruelty, dishonesty, hostility
- deadly sinspride, sloth, lust, gluttony, envy
- drama themesrevenge, betrayal, forbidden love, love triangle, family conflict
greedcontentment
Peaceful satisfaction with circumstances
satisfaction · temperance · abstemiousness · fulfillment · gratification
greedselflessness
Prioritizing others over oneself
altruism · generosity · unselfishness · benevolence · magnanimity
greedgenerosity
Readiness to give freely
magnanimity · nobility · virtue · temperance · moderation
- corporate greedExcessive pursuit of profit
- greed is goodMotto praising ruthless ambition
- wall street greed
- greedy gutsOne who overeats
- greedy matching
- greedy dogVoracious pet canine