avarice[noun]Synonyms: greed, covetousness, meanness, miserliness, niggardliness, parsimony, stinginess
Antonyms: prodigality
Contrasted words: extravagance, bountifulness, bounty, generosity, liberality, munificence, openhandedness
Related Words: frugality,
parsimony,
thrift,
miserliness,
niggardliness,
parsimoniousness,
stinginess,
acquisitiveness,
covetousness,
graspingness,
piggishness [TahlilGaran] English Synonym Dictionary ▲
av‧a‧rice /ˈævərəs, ˈævərɪs/
noun [uncountable][
Date: 1200-1300;
Language: Old French;
Origin: Latin avaritia, from avarus 'avaricious', from avere 'to want to have']
formal a desire to have a lot of money that is considered to be too strong
Synonym : greed—avaricious /ˌævəˈrɪʃəs/
adjective—avariciously adverb [TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲