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All avarice synonyms

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noun avarice

  • frugality — the quality of being frugal, or prudent in saving; the lack of wastefulness: Many people who have lived through periods of economic deprivation develop lifelong habits of frugality and are almost never tempted by wasteful consumption.
  • parsimony — extreme or excessive economy or frugality; stinginess; niggardliness.
  • rapacity — given to seizing for plunder or the satisfaction of greed.
  • penurious — extremely stingy; parsimonious; miserly.
  • avidity — the quality or state of being avid
  • cupidity — Cupidity is a greedy desire for money and possessions.
  • covetousness — inordinately or wrongly desirous of wealth or possessions; greedy.
  • thrift — economical management; economy; frugality.
  • niggardly — reluctant to give or spend; stingy; miserly.
  • stinginess — reluctant to give or spend; not generous; niggardly; penurious: He's a stingy old miser.
  • miserliness — of, like, or befitting a miser; penurious; stingy; niggardly.
  • greediness — excessively or inordinately desirous of wealth, profit, etc.; avaricious: the greedy owners of the company.
  • greed — excessive or rapacious desire, especially for wealth or possessions.
  • materialism — preoccupation with or emphasis on material objects, comforts, and considerations, with a disinterest in or rejection of spiritual, intellectual, or cultural values.
  • acquisitiveness — tending or seeking to acquire and own, often greedily; eager to get wealth, possessions, etc.: our acquisitive impulses; acquisitive societies.
  • avaricious — An avaricious person is very greedy for money or possessions.
  • desire — A desire is a strong wish to do or have something.
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