covetousness
Synonyms
acquisitive
avaricious
greedy
grasping
rapaciousgreed
cupidity
rapacity
penuriousness
niggardliness
miserliness
stinginess
covetousness
acquisitiveness
griping
greediness
Antonyms
unselfish
liberal
self-sacrificing
profuse
bountiful
charitablelarge-heartedness
unselfishness
liberality
bountifulness
profuseness
squander
prodigality
extravagance
waste
Cov"et*ous*ness, n. 1. Strong desire. [R.] When workmen strive to do better than well, They do confound their skill in covetousness. Shak. 2. A strong or inordinate desire of obtaining and possessing some supposed good; excessive desire for riches or money; -- in a bad sense. Covetousness, by a greed of getting more, deprivess itself of the true end of getting. Sprat. Syn. -- Avarice; cupidity; eagerness.