English dictionary

greed

/gr/i/d/

Definitions, examples, synonyms and antonyms from WordNet 3.0.

noun

excessive desire to acquire or possess more (especially more material wealth) than one needs or deserves

noun.attribute

Source: WordNet 3.0
reprehensible acquisitiveness; insatiable desire for wealth (personified as one of the deadly sins)

noun.act

Synonyms avarice avaritia covetousness rapacity

Source: WordNet 3.0
An eager desire or longing; greediness; as, a <i>greed</i> of gain.

noun

Source: webster1913