What does "greed" mean?

A selfish or excessive desire for more than is needed or deserved, especially of money, wealth, food, or other possessions.

What is a synonym for "greed"?

Common synonyms include: avarice, rapacity, acedia, acquisitiveness, ambition, anger.

/ɡɹiːd/ noun, verb

noun, verb ·Moderate ·High school level

Noun

1
A selfish or excessive desire for more than is needed or deserved, especially of money, wealth, food, or other possessions. uncountable, usually
"His greed was his undoing."
2
reprehensible acquisitiveness; insatiable desire for wealth (personified as one of the deadly sins) wordnet
3
excessive desire to acquire or possess more (especially more material wealth) than one needs or deserves wordnet

Verb

1
To desire in a greedy manner, or to act on such a desire.
"The ravens sit greeding, / And watching, and heeding: / Thoro' wind, over water, / Comes scent of the slaughter, / And ravens sit greeding / Their share of the bones."

"Although he had many toys, his greed made him want more."

c. 1600. Back-formation from greedy.