AVARITIA Synonyms
There are 2 hypernyms of the word avaritia. (close relations)
Best Synonyms for AVARITIA
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| covetousness | nounn | |||||
noun • an envious eagerness to possess something • extreme greed for material wealth • reprehensible acquisitiveness; insatiable desire for wealth (personified as one of the deadly sins) | ||||||
| greed | nounn | |||||
noun • excessive desire to acquire or possess more (especially more material wealth) than one needs or deserves • reprehensible acquisitiveness; insatiable desire for wealth (personified as one of the deadly sins) | ||||||
| rapacity | nounn | |||||
noun • extreme gluttony • reprehensible acquisitiveness; insatiable desire for wealth (personified as one of the deadly sins) • (of an animal, usually a bird) The quality of subsisting off live prey. | ||||||
| acquisitiveness | nounn | |||||
noun • strong desire to acquire and possess | ||||||
| cupidity | nounn | |||||
noun • extreme greed for material wealth | ||||||
| frugality | nounn | |||||
noun • prudence in avoiding waste | ||||||
| grasping | verb, adjectivev, adj | |||||
noun • understanding with difficulty • the act of gripping something firmly with the hands (or the tentacles) adjective satellite • immoderately desirous of acquiring e.g. wealth | ||||||
| materialism | nounn | |||||
noun • a desire for wealth and material possessions with little interest in ethical or spiritual matters • (philosophy) the philosophical theory that matter is the only reality | ||||||
| meanness | nounn | |||||
noun • the quality of being deliberately mean • extreme stinginess | ||||||
| miserliness | nounn | |||||
noun • total lack of generosity with money | ||||||
| parsimony | nounn | |||||
noun • extreme care in spending money; reluctance to spend money unnecessarily • extreme stinginess | ||||||
| penuriousness | nounn | |||||
noun • a state of lacking money • a disposition to be niggardly with money | ||||||
| selfishness | nounn | |||||
noun • stinginess resulting from a concern for your own welfare and a disregard of others | ||||||
| stinginess | nounn | |||||
noun • a lack of generosity; a general unwillingness to part with money | ||||||
| thrift | nounn | |||||
noun • any of numerous sun-loving low-growing evergreens of the genus Armeria having round heads of pink or white flowers • extreme care in spending money; reluctance to spend money unnecessarily | ||||||
| tightfistedness | nounn | |||||
noun • extreme stinginess | ||||||
| avarice | nounn | |||||
noun • reprehensible acquisitiveness; insatiable desire for wealth (personified as one of the deadly sins) • extreme greed for material wealth | ||||||