greediness
Never having enough
Greediness is the quality of wanting more than one's fair share or more than is needed, whether of food, money, possessions, or power.
It carries a stronger negative connotation than mere desire or ambition, implying selfishness and disregard for others.
His greediness at the buffet left nothing for the rest of us.
The word functions as the noun form of greedy, though greed is more commonly used in formal contexts.
Excessive desire for possessions
- rapacityAggressive, seizing greed
- materialismPrioritizing goods over spirit
- miserlinessExcessive reluctance to spend
- money-grubbingObsessively seeking wealth
grasping · cupidity · mammonism · insatiability · avariciousness · selfishness · stinginess · niggardliness
Consuming beyond bodily needs
- gorgingEating greedily, excessively
- bingeingUncontrolled excessive intake
- devouringEating greedily and quickly
- stuffingSeasoned mixture for cavities
wolfing · guzzling · pigging · gormandizing · voracity · ravenousness · insatiability · feasting
Intense wanting
- hungerNeed for nourishment
- longingIntense, persistent desire
- yearningIntense prolonged craving
- appetiteDesire for food
thirst · lust · coveting · wanting · eagerness · hankering · urge · itch
Excessive consumption or enjoyment
- extravaganceExcessive, wasteful spending
- immoderationLack of self-restraint
- profligacyReckless, wasteful extravagance
- intemperanceHabitual lack of restraint
insatiability · exorbitance · decadence · dissipation · self-indulgence · wastefulness · squandering · overspending
Collected mass over time
- stockpilingAccumulating supplies in quantity
- amassingCollecting in quantity
- stashingConcealing for safekeeping
- collectingGathering items over time
squirreling · packrat · amassment · gathering · piling · cluttering · warehousing · aggregating
covetousness
Excessive desire for possessions
- rapacityAggressive, seizing greed
- materialismPrioritizing goods over spirit
- miserlinessExcessive reluctance to spend
money-grubbing · grasping · cupidity · mammonism · insatiability · avariciousness · selfishness · stinginess · niggardliness · parsimony
overeating
Consuming beyond bodily needs
- gorgingEating greedily, excessively
- bingeingUncontrolled excessive intake
- devouringEating greedily and quickly
stuffing · wolfing · guzzling · pigging · gormandizing · voracity · ravenousness · insatiability · feasting · swilling
desire
Intense wanting
appetite · thirst · lust · coveting · wanting · eagerness · hankering · urge · itch · pining
overindulgence
Excessive consumption or enjoyment
- extravaganceExcessive, wasteful spending
- immoderationLack of self-restraint
- profligacyReckless, wasteful extravagance
intemperance · insatiability · exorbitance · decadence · dissipation · self-indulgence · wastefulness · squandering · overspending · prodigality
accumulation
Collected mass over time
- stockpilingAccumulating supplies in quantity
- amassingCollecting in quantity
- stashingConcealing for safekeeping
collecting · squirreling · packrat · amassment · gathering · piling · cluttering · warehousing · aggregating · storing
greedinesscontentment
Peaceful satisfaction with circumstances
asceticism · temperance · moderation · satisfaction · abstemiousness
greedinessgenerosity
Readiness to give freely
selflessness · altruism · unselfishness · benevolence · magnanimity
greedinesscontentment
Peaceful satisfaction with circumstances
satisfaction · fulfillment · fulfilment · gratification · satiety
greed, greedy, avaricious, possessiveness, acquisitiveness, graspingness