Another word for avaricious
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Adjective
Having a strong urge to obtain or possess something, especially material wealth, in quantity
- Acquisitive or greedy.
- Attracting attention; striking:
- Experiencing a desire or need for food.
- Extremely desirous; avid:
- Characterized by or expressing hunger or craving:
- Having or showing a strong or excessive desire to acquire money or possess things, especially wishing to possess more than what one needs or deserves.
- Having or showing a desire to eat or drink in large or excessive amounts.
- Extremely eager or desirous for an activity or pursuit:
- Exceedingly eager for material gain; avaricious.
- Feeling, expressing, or characterized by a strong or immoderate desire for the possessions of another:
- Having or marked by keen interest and enthusiasm:
- Having or marked by strong desire or craving; greedy:
- Characterized by a strong desire to gain and possess.
- Tending to acquire and retain ideas or information:
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Another word for avaricious
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- Motivated solely by a desire for monetary or material gain.
- Hired for service in a foreign army.
- One who serves or works merely for monetary gain; a hireling.
- Feeling, expressing, or characterized by a strong or immoderate desire for the possessions of another:
- Exceedingly eager for material gain; avaricious.
- Having or showing a strong or excessive desire to acquire money or possess things, especially wishing to possess more than what one needs or deserves.
- Having or showing a desire to eat or drink in large or excessive amounts.
- Extremely eager or desirous for an activity or pursuit:
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