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adjective
- 1. having an excessive desire or appetite for food: "he's scoffed the lot, the greedy pig" Similar Opposite
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Learn the meaning of greedy as an adjective for people or algorithms that want more than they need or can handle. See synonyms, antonyms, and usage examples from the Cambridge English Corpus.
Learn the meaning of greedy, an adjective that describes someone or something that has a selfish desire for wealth, possessions, fame, or food. See synonyms, examples, word history, and related words for greedy.
Learn the meaning of greedy, an adjective that describes someone who wants more than they need or deserve. Find out the synonyms, antonyms, and usage examples of greedy in different contexts, including computing.
Find 166 words that mean greedy, such as mercenary, ravenous, and excited, and their antonyms, such as generous, satisfied, and indifferent. Learn how to use these synonyms and antonyms in sentences and examples.
Greedy means filled with greed, an excessive desire for more, especially for more money and possessions. It can also mean eager or voracious for food or drink. Learn more about the word history, synonyms, antonyms, and examples of greedy.
Greedy means excessively or inordinately desirous of wealth, profit, food, or other things. It can also mean eager or requiring much of a specified thing. See synonyms, antonyms, and usage examples of greedy.
Learn the meaning of greedy, an adjective that describes someone who wants more of something than is necessary or fair. See synonyms, pronunciation, examples and translations of greedy in different languages.
Being greedy means you want more and more of something, especially money. But you can be greedy for just about anything, including food, drink, or fame. People who are greedy are a little too interested in having something.
Learn the meaning of greedy, an adjective that describes someone who wants more money, power, food, etc. than they need. See how to use it in sentences, idioms and collocations with the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary app.
For with ſuch puiſſance and impetuous maine / Thoſe Champions broke on them, that forſt the fly, / Like ſcattered Sheepe, whenas the Shepherds ſwaine / A Lyon and a Tigre doth eſpye, / With greedy pace forth ruſhing from the foreſt nye.
