Avarice Definition

ăvə-rĭs
noun
Immoderate desire for wealth; cupidity.
American Heritage
Too great a desire to have wealth; cupidity.
Webster's New World
Wiktionary

Inordinate desire for some supposed good.

Wiktionary
Antonyms:

Origin of Avarice

  • Middle English from Old French from Latin avāritia from avārus greedy from avēre to desire

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • From Old French, from Latin avāritia, from avārus (“greedy”).

    From Wiktionary

Find Similar Words

Find similar words to avarice using the buttons below.

Words Starting With

Words Ending With

Unscrambles

avarice