money-hungry
Obsessed with wealth
Money-hungry describes someone excessively focused on acquiring wealth, often at the expense of other values.
The term is almost always disapproving, suggesting greed or materialism: a money-hungry landlord who never fixes anything, The band sold out to money-hungry producers.
Sometimes hyphenated, sometimes not.
Excessively wanting more
- covetousEagerly wanting others' possessions
- rapaciousExcessively grasping or greedy
- insatiableImpossible to satisfy
- graspingGreedy for wealth
acquisitive · avaricious · mercenary · hoarding · miserly · voracious · selfish · materialistic
Having abundant financial resources
- billionairePerson worth ten figures
- millionairePerson possessing great wealth
- fortuneWealth or destiny
- richesAbundant valuable possessions
luxury · opulence · extravagance · lavish · wealthy · plutocratic · ostentatious · flashy
Unfairly using others' vulnerabilities
- predatoryExploiting the vulnerable
- opportunisticExploiting circumstances for gain
- usuriousCharging excessive interest
- extractiveRemoving natural resources
cutthroat · ruthless · unscrupulous · corrupt · swindling · gouging · profiteering · racketeering
Intensely determined to achieve
- climbingAscending by physical effort
- strivingEarnest sustained endeavor
- careerismExcessive focus on advancement
- status-seekingPursuing higher position
gold-digging · hustling · self-serving · calculating · networking · ladder-climbing · go-getting
greedy
Excessively wanting more
- covetousEagerly wanting others' possessions
- rapaciousExcessively grasping or greedy
- insatiableImpossible to satisfy
grasping · acquisitive · avaricious · mercenary · hoarding · miserly · voracious · selfish · materialistic · possessive
affluent
Having abundant financial resources
- billionairePerson worth ten figures
- millionairePerson possessing great wealth
- fortuneWealth or destiny
riches · luxury · opulence · extravagance · lavish · wealthy · plutocratic · ostentatious · flashy · materialism
exploitative
Unfairly using others' vulnerabilities
- predatoryExploiting the vulnerable
- opportunisticExploiting circumstances for gain
- usuriousCharging excessive interest
extractive · cutthroat · ruthless · unscrupulous · corrupt · swindling · gouging · profiteering · racketeering · cheating
driven
Intensely determined to achieve
- climbingAscending by physical effort
- strivingEarnest sustained endeavor
- careerismExcessive focus on advancement
status-seeking · gold-digging · hustling · self-serving · calculating · networking · ladder-climbing · go-getting
money-hungryunmaterialistic
Not focused on possessions
altruistic · ascetic · idealistic · unworldly · otherworldly
money-hungrygenerous
Willing to give freely
charitable · giving · philanthropic · munificent · open-handed
money, hungry, moneys, monies, moneyed, hunger, hungers, hungered, hungering