GREED

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Meaning:

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

Synonyms:

avarice; avaritia; covetousness; greed; rapacity

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Hypernyms ("greed" is a kind of...):

deadly sin; mortal sin (an unpardonable sin entailing a total loss of grace)

Derivation:

greedy (immoderately desirous of acquiring e.g. wealth)

Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

Hypernyms ("greed" is a kind of...):

desire (an inclination to want things)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "greed"):

avarice; avariciousness; covetousness; cupidity (extreme greed for material wealth)

possessiveness (excessive desire to possess or dominate)

acquisitiveness (strong desire to acquire and possess)

Derivation:

greedy (immoderately desirous of acquiring e.g. wealth)