Covetous Synonyms and Antonyms

kŭvĭ-təs
Resentfully or painfully desirous of another's advantages
(Adjective)
Synonyms:
  1. envious
  2. jealous
  3. green-eyed
  4. invidious
Having a strong urge to obtain or possess something, especially material wealth, in quantity
(Adjective)
Synonyms:
  1. greedy
  2. avaricious
  3. grasping
  4. acquisitive
  5. avid
  6. selfish
  7. grabby
  8. rapacious
  9. prehensile
  10. desirous
  11. eager
  12. envious
  13. extortionate
  14. gluttonous
  15. itchy
  16. jealous
  17. hungry
  18. keen
  19. mercenary
  20. miserly
  21. parsimonious
  22. penurious
  23. ravenous
  24. stingy
Antonyms:
  1. generous
  2. benevolent
  3. giving

Words Related to Covetous

Related words are words that are directly connected to each other through their meaning, even if they are not synonyms or antonyms. This connection may be general or specific, or the words may appear frequently together.

Covetous Sentence Examples

  • Augustus was a covetous, cruel and superstitious man, but these qualities were redeemed by his political caution and his wise methods of government.

  • Marca, clever and covetous, was also an historian of note.

  • The name has been taken to mean "covetous."

  • As a contemporary chronicler wrote, the realm was out of all good governanceas it has been many days before the king was simple, and led by covetous councillors, and owed more than he was worth.

  • While Fisher Price boasts a household name, it does not exude the covetous trembling of a Tiffany rattle or a Christian Dior teether.

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