Avaricious - English meaning

adjective

Excessively interested in acquiring money or material things.

Usage examples:

We live in a competitive and acquisitive society

adjective

Used to describe a person or company that buys other companies

Usage examples:

It has been one of the most acquisitive firms in recent times, buying over a dozen businesses in th…

adjective

Having or showing a great desire to possess something belonging to someone else.

Usage examples:

She fingered the linen with covetous hands

adjective

Wanting to have something too much, especially something that belongs to someone else

Usage examples:

I can't help casting covetous looks at my neighbour's new porsche.

adjective

Having or showing a selfish desire for something; greedy.

Usage examples:

Don't be so grabby—i was here before you

adjective

Trying to take things for yourself

Usage examples:

Don't be so grabby, shirley. let the others have their share., a comedy about a pair of grabby oppo…

adjective

Avaricious; greedy.

Usage examples:

They were regarded as grasping landlords

verb

Seize and hold firmly.

Usage examples:

She grasped the bottle

adjective

Always eager to get more of something, esp. money

Usage examples:

He’s a grasping, insensitive executive.

adjective

Having an excessive desire or appetite for food.

Usage examples:

He's scoffed the lot, the greedy pig

adjective

Wanting a lot more food, money, etc. than you need

Usage examples:

Greedy, selfish people, he's greedy for power/success., they tested the algorithm against the so-ca…

adjective

Influenced by or devoted to mammon.

adjective

Of or relating to mammonists or mammonism.

adjective

Excessively concerned with material possessions; money-oriented.

Usage examples:

We're living in a highly materialistic society

noun

Marked by a desire for wealth and possessions

adjective

Believing that having money and possessions is the most important thing in life

verb

Intend to convey or refer to (a particular thing); signify.

Usage examples:

I don't know what you mean

adjective

Unwilling to give or share things, especially money; not generous.

Usage examples:

She felt mean not giving a tip

noun

The value obtained by dividing the sum of several quantities by their number; an average.

Usage examples:

Acid output was calculated by taking the mean of all three samples

adjective

Primarily concerned with making money at the expense of ethics.

Usage examples:

She's nothing but a mercenary little gold-digger

noun

A professional soldier hired to serve in a foreign army.

Usage examples:

He had planned to seize power with the aid of a group of mercenaries

noun

A person hired to fight for another country than their own

adjective

Of or characteristic of a miser.

Usage examples:

His miserly great-uncle proved to be worth nearly £1 million

adjective

Like or typical of a miser

Usage examples:

A miserly person, the workers are paid a miserly $2 a day.

adjective

Mainly interested in money and doing everything possible to get it

Usage examples:

They see their bosses as money-grubbing robots and not as coworkers., he was the top money-grubber …

adjective

Mainly interested in money and doing everything possible to get it

Usage examples:

They see their bosses as money-grubbing robots and not as coworkers., he was the top money-grubber …

adjective

Aggressively greedy or grasping.

Usage examples:

Rapacious landlords