greed: Prefix, Suffix and Derived words

Prefixes of greed



Suffixes of greed

  • greedy
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    greedy

    • adjective satellite immoderately desirous of acquiring e.g. wealth
      covetous; prehensile; avaricious; grasping; grabby.
      • they are avaricious and will do anything for money
      • casting covetous eyes on his neighbor's fields
      • a grasping old miser
      • grasping commercialism
      • greedy for money and power
      • grew richer and greedier
      • prehensile employers stingy with raises for their employees
    • adjective satellite (often followed by `for') ardently or excessively desirous
      esurient; avid; devouring.
      • avid for adventure
      • an avid ambition to succeed
      • fierce devouring affection
      • the esurient eyes of an avid curiosity
      • greedy for fame

  • greedily
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    greedily

    • adverb in a greedy manner
      avariciously; covetously.

  • greediness
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    greediness

    • noun an excessive desire for food
      hoggishness; piggishness.
    • noun an excessive desire for wealth (usually in large amounts)
      voraciousness; rapaciousness.
      • the greediness of lawyers

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    greedy

    • adjective satellite immoderately desirous of acquiring e.g. wealth
      covetous; prehensile; avaricious; grasping; grabby.
      • they are avaricious and will do anything for money
      • casting covetous eyes on his neighbor's fields
      • a grasping old miser
      • grasping commercialism
      • greedy for money and power
      • grew richer and greedier
      • prehensile employers stingy with raises for their employees
    • adjective satellite (often followed by `for') ardently or excessively desirous
      esurient; avid; devouring.
      • avid for adventure
      • an avid ambition to succeed
      • fierce devouring affection
      • the esurient eyes of an avid curiosity
      • greedy for fame

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    greedy

    • adjective satellite immoderately desirous of acquiring e.g. wealth
      covetous; prehensile; avaricious; grasping; grabby.
      • they are avaricious and will do anything for money
      • casting covetous eyes on his neighbor's fields
      • a grasping old miser
      • grasping commercialism
      • greedy for money and power
      • grew richer and greedier
      • prehensile employers stingy with raises for their employees
    • adjective satellite (often followed by `for') ardently or excessively desirous
      esurient; avid; devouring.
      • avid for adventure
      • an avid ambition to succeed
      • fierce devouring affection
      • the esurient eyes of an avid curiosity
      • greedy for fame

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    greed

    • noun excessive desire to acquire or possess more (especially more material wealth) than one needs or deserves
    • noun reprehensible acquisitiveness; insatiable desire for wealth (personified as one of the deadly sins)
      avarice; covetousness; avaritia; rapacity.





About Prefix and Suffix Words

This page lists all the words created by adding prefixes, suffixes to the word `greed`. For each word, youwill notice a blue bar below the word. The longer the blue bar below a word, the more common/popular the word. Very short blue bars indicate rare usage.

While some of the words are direct derivations of the word `greed`, some are not.

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