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Synonyms for avaricious in English

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avaricious:
- avaricious; stingy; miserly; niggardly; greedy; grasping; covetous; prehensile; grabby
- avaricious; greedy

English

Detailed Synonyms for avaricious in English

avaricious:

avaricious adj

avaricious
avaricious; stingy; miserly; niggardly
- avaricious adj
- stingy adj
- miserly adj
- niggardly adj
avaricious

– immoderately desirous of acquiring e.g. wealth ¹
greedy; grasping; covetous; avaricious; prehensile; grabby
– immoderately desirous of acquiring e.g. wealth ¹
- greedy adj
  - greedy for money and power¹
  - grew richer and greedier¹
- grasping adj
  - a grasping old miser¹
  - grasping commercialism¹
- covetous adj
  - casting covetous eyes on his neighbor's fields¹
- avaricious adj
  - they are avaricious and will do anything for money¹
- prehensile adj
  - prehensile employers stingy with raises for their employees¹
- grabby adj

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greedy; avaricious
- greedy
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Related Words for "avaricious":

avariciousness, avariciously

Alternate Synonyms for "avaricious":

covetous; grabby; grasping; greedy; prehensile; acquisitive

Related Definitions for "avaricious":

immoderately desirous of acquiring e.g. wealth¹
- they are avaricious and will do anything for money¹

¹WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University