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The synonyms of “Avarice” are: avariciousness, covetousness, cupidity, avaritia, greed, rapacity, acquisitiveness, rapaciousness, materialism
According to the Oxford Dictionary of English, “avarice” as a noun can have the following definitions:
| acquisitiveness | Excessive interest in acquiring money or material things. A culture of acquisitiveness permeated his administration. |
| avariciousness | Extreme greed for material wealth. |
| avaritia | Reprehensible acquisitiveness; insatiable desire for wealth (personified as one of the deadly sins. |
| covetousness | An envious eagerness to possess something. |
| cupidity | Greed for money or possessions. New wealth however tainted by cupidity and egoism tends to be favourable for the arts. |
| greed | Reprehensible acquisitiveness; insatiable desire for wealth (personified as one of the deadly sins. Greed has taken over football. |
| materialism | The theory or belief that consciousness and will are wholly due to material agency. They hated the sinful materialism of the wicked city. |
| rapaciousness | Extreme gluttony. |
| rapacity | Aggressive greed. The rapacity of landowners seeking greater profit from their property. |
| acquisitive | Eager to acquire and possess things especially material possessions or ideas. An acquisitive society in which the craving for material things seems never satisfied. |
| avaricious | Immoderately desirous of acquiring e.g. wealth. They are avaricious and will do anything for money. |
| covetous | Having or showing a great desire to possess something belonging to someone else. Jealous of his success and covetous of his possessions. |
| covetousness | An envious eagerness to possess something. |
| cupidity | Greed for money or possessions. New wealth however tainted by cupidity and egoism tends to be favourable for the arts. |
| desirous | Having or characterized by desire. Desirous of finding a quick solution to the problem. |
| egocentric | An egocentric person. Egocentric loners with an overinflated sense of self worth. |
| egotism | The fact of being excessively conceited or absorbed in oneself. In his arrogance and egotism he underestimated Gill. |
| envy | A person or thing that inspires envy. A lifestyle which most of us would envy. |
| grasping | Immoderately desirous of acquiring e.g. wealth. Grasping commercialism. |
| greed | Intense and selfish desire for something, especially wealth, power, or food. Greed has taken over football. |
| greedy | Immoderately desirous of acquiring e.g. wealth. Greedy for money and power. |
| jealousy | Zealous vigilance. Cherish their official political freedom with fierce jealousy. |
| lecherous | Given to excessive indulgence in sexual activity. A lecherous gleam in his eye. |
| lend | (of a thing) be suitable for. I will lend you my car. |
| miser | A stingy hoarder of money and possessions often living miserably. A typical miser he hid his money in the house in various places. |
| miserly | Of or characteristic of a miser. The prize for the winner will be a miserly 3 500. |
| moneylender | A person whose business is lending money to others who pay interest. |
| possessive | A possessive word or form. Has he become jealous or possessive. |
| prehensile | Having a keen intellect- A.T.Quiller-Couch. Poets those gifted strangely prehensile men. |
| rapacious | Devouring or craving food in great quantities. The rapacious wolf. |
| ravening | Living by preying on other animals especially by catching living prey. Ravening creditors. |
| rich | Marked by richness and fullness of flavor. Rich soil. |
| selfish | (of a person, action, or motive) lacking consideration for other people; concerned chiefly with one’s own personal profit or pleasure. I joined them for selfish reasons. |
| sordid | Morally degraded- Seattle Weekly. A sordid political campaign. |
| stingy | Deficient in amount or quality or extent. She practices economy without being stingy. |
| swine | A pig. She had a herd of swine. |
| unscrupulous | Having or showing no moral principles; not honest or fair. Unscrupulous landlords might be tempted to harass existing tenants. |
| usury | The action or practice of lending money at unreasonably high rates of interest. The medieval prohibition on usury. |
| voracious | Engaging in an activity with great eagerness or enthusiasm. A voracious appetite. |
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