English dictionary

avarice

/'/&/v/@/r/I/s/

Definitions, examples, synonyms and antonyms from WordNet 3.0.

noun

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

noun.act

Synonyms avaritia covetousness greed rapacity

Source: WordNet 3.0
extreme greed for material wealth

noun.attribute

Synonyms avariciousness covetousness cupidity

Source: WordNet 3.0
An excessive or inordinate desire of gain; greediness after wealth; covetousness; cupidity.

noun

Source: webster1913