greed Definition
greed (grēd)
noun
excessive desire for getting or having, esp. wealth; desire for more than one needs or deserves; avarice; cupidity
Etymology: back-form. < greedy
greed Synonyms
greed
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greed Usage Examples
Converse of object
have: She had no greed or desire for worldly objects.
Converse of subject
- motivate: These dealers are motivated by greed, or fanaticism, or both.
- drive: The media coverage painted a picture of Chinese driven by greed coming to England to make money.
- fuel: AW reply to this comment Is enterprise fueled by greed?
Adjective modifier
- insatiable: The super-exploitation of the munitions workers to feed the insatiable greed for profits of the war mongering factory owners.
- unbridled: This, dare I say it, seems to me an example of unbridled greed?
- unadulterated: Information center's internet to make random so you'll just unadulterated greed and.
- selfish: The emphasis has sadly shifted from public service to selfish greed.
- naked: And in third place, again represented by a naked greed fat suit, was supermarket giant Tesco.
- corporate: There is too much corporate greed in the world, much to my shame, is in the US.
Noun used with modifier
- term: Banks will ultimately end up with the bad debts in the medium term due to short term greed.
- material: Discipleship demands the renunciation of possessiveness ( Luke 14:33 ), of the material greed which causes so much human deprivation and environmental destruction.
Possessives
- everyone: Gandhi spoke of " enough for everyone's need, not for everyone's greed.
- man: Earth provides enough to satisfy every man's need, but not every man's greed.
Preposition: of
- man: Beside the trade in this meat, we are slaughtering some of the world's rarest creatures simply to appease the greed of man.
- company: Or was it the greed of the big oil companies?
Preposition: for
- profit: Or perhaps simply greed for the potential profits the test kits would provide.
- gold: They introduced horses into the plains of North America and the greed for gold into Mexico and Peru.
- oil: The people of our region now associate the term " democracy " with western greed for oil and incessant interventions in our internal affairs.
- power: They are a symptom of Britain's greed for power.
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