Greed

//ɡɹiːd//

Synonyms for "greed" (115 found)

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Closest matches (23)

Strong matches (35)

Related words (57)

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12 relation types

More general

3 entries

Synonyms

2 entries

Related terms

4 entries

capable of

3 entries

causes desire

9 entries

defined as

1 entries

derived

14 entries

derived from

1 entries

distinct from

1 entries

has property

1 entries

is a

4 entries

related to

14 entries

Translations

138 translations across 72 languages.

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Albanian

1 entries
  • lakmi noun (selfish desire for more than is needed)

Ancient Greek

3 entries
  • πλεονεξία noun (selfish desire for more than is needed)
  • φιλαργυρία noun (selfish desire for more than is needed)
  • φιλοκέρδεια noun (selfish desire for more than is needed)

Arabic

2 entries
  • جَشَع noun (selfish desire for more than is needed)
  • طَمَع noun (selfish desire for more than is needed)

Armenian

1 entries
  • ագահություն noun (selfish desire for more than is needed)

Assamese

2 entries
  • খক noun (selfish desire for more than is needed)
  • লোভ noun (selfish desire for more than is needed)

Basque

1 entries
  • gutizia noun (selfish desire for more than is needed)

Belarusian

4 entries
  • жа́дасць noun (selfish desire for more than is needed)
  • сква́пнасць noun (selfish desire for more than is needed)
  • хаплі́васць noun (selfish desire for more than is needed)
  • хці́васць noun (selfish desire for more than is needed)

Bulgarian

1 entries
  • а́лчност noun (selfish desire for more than is needed)

Catalan

2 entries
  • avarícia noun (selfish desire for more than is needed)
  • cobdícia noun (selfish desire for more than is needed)

Chinese Mandarin

3 entries
  • 貪婪 /贪婪 noun (selfish desire for more than is needed)
  • 貪心 /贪心 noun (selfish desire for more than is needed)
  • 貪欲 /贪欲 noun (selfish desire for more than is needed)

Czech

1 entries
  • chamtivost noun (selfish desire for more than is needed)

Dutch

4 entries
  • gulzigheid noun (selfish desire for more than is needed)
  • hebgier noun (selfish desire for more than is needed)
  • hebgierigheid noun (selfish desire for more than is needed)
  • hebzucht noun (selfish desire for more than is needed)

Egyptian

1 entries
  • A-f:a noun (selfish desire for more than is needed)

Esperanto

1 entries
  • avido noun (selfish desire for more than is needed)

Estonian

2 entries
  • ahnus noun (selfish desire for more than is needed)
  • aplus noun (selfish desire for more than is needed)

Farefare

1 entries
  • pʋyã'anɛ noun (selfish desire for more than is needed)

Faroese

2 entries
  • grammleiki noun (selfish desire for more than is needed)
  • gírni noun (selfish desire for more than is needed)

Finnish

1 entries
  • ahneus noun (selfish desire for more than is needed)

French

2 entries
  • avidité noun (selfish desire for more than is needed)
  • cupidité noun (selfish desire for more than is needed)

Georgian

2 entries
  • გაუმაძღრობა noun (selfish desire for more than is needed)
  • სიხარბე noun (selfish desire for more than is needed)

German

4 entries
  • Gier noun (selfish desire for more than is needed)
  • Habgier noun (selfish desire for more than is needed)
  • Habsucht noun (selfish desire for more than is needed)
  • Raffgier noun (selfish desire for more than is needed)

Gothic

2 entries
  • 𐌱𐌹𐍆𐌰𐌹𐌷𐍉𐌽𐍃 noun (selfish desire for more than is needed)
  • 𐍆𐌰𐌹𐌷𐌿𐌲𐌴𐌹𐍂𐍉 noun (selfish desire for more than is needed)

Greek

1 entries
  • απληστία noun (selfish desire for more than is needed)

Greenlandic

1 entries
  • ueritsanneq noun (selfish desire for more than is needed)

Hebrew

2 entries
  • בֶּצַע noun (selfish desire for more than is needed)
  • חַמְדָנוּת noun (selfish desire for more than is needed)

Hindi

1 entries
  • लालच noun (selfish desire for more than is needed)

Hungarian

2 entries
  • kapzsiság noun (selfish desire for more than is needed)
  • mohóság noun (selfish desire for more than is needed)

Icelandic

1 entries
  • græðgi noun (selfish desire for more than is needed)

Ilocano

1 entries
  • agum noun (selfish desire for more than is needed)

Indonesian

2 entries
  • rakus noun (selfish desire for more than is needed)
  • serakah noun (selfish desire for more than is needed)

Irish

3 entries
  • antlás noun (selfish desire for more than is needed)
  • gionach noun (selfish desire for more than is needed)
  • saint noun (selfish desire for more than is needed)

Isnag

1 entries
  • axum noun (selfish desire for more than is needed)

Italian

2 entries
  • avidità noun (selfish desire for more than is needed)
  • ingordigia noun (selfish desire for more than is needed)

Japanese

3 entries
  • 欲 noun (selfish desire for more than is needed)
  • 貪 noun (selfish desire for more than is needed)
  • 貪欲 noun (selfish desire for more than is needed)

Khmer

3 entries
  • មហាលោភ noun (selfish desire for more than is needed)
  • លោភ noun (selfish desire for more than is needed)
  • លោភលន់ noun (selfish desire for more than is needed)

Korean

2 entries
  • 욕심 noun (selfish desire for more than is needed)
  • 탐욕 noun (selfish desire for more than is needed)

Latin

1 entries
  • avaritia noun (selfish desire for more than is needed)

Lun Bawang

1 entries
  • angaa noun (selfish desire for more than is needed)

Macedonian

2 entries
  • алчност noun (selfish desire for more than is needed)
  • лакомост noun (selfish desire for more than is needed)

Malayalam

1 entries
  • അത്യാഗ്രഹം noun (selfish desire for more than is needed)

Māori

1 entries
  • apo noun (selfish desire for more than is needed)

Navajo

1 entries
  • áchxą́hwíídéeniʼ noun (selfish desire for more than is needed)

Nepali

1 entries
  • लोभ noun (selfish desire for more than is needed)

Northern Kurdish

1 entries
  • çavbirçîtî noun (selfish desire for more than is needed)

Norwegian Bokmål

2 entries
  • griskhet noun (selfish desire for more than is needed)
  • grådighet noun (selfish desire for more than is needed)

Norwegian Nynorsk

2 entries
  • griskheit noun (selfish desire for more than is needed)
  • grådigheit noun (selfish desire for more than is needed)

Old English

1 entries
  • ġītsung noun (selfish desire for more than is needed)

Persian

1 entries
  • حرص noun (selfish desire for more than is needed)

Plautdietsch

2 entries
  • Bejia noun (selfish desire for more than is needed)
  • Jiez noun (selfish desire for more than is needed)

Polish

1 entries
  • chciwość noun (selfish desire for more than is needed)

Portuguese

3 entries
  • avareza noun (selfish desire for more than is needed)
  • cobiça noun (selfish desire for more than is needed)
  • ganância noun (selfish desire for more than is needed)

Punjabi

1 entries
  • ਲਾਲਚ noun (selfish desire for more than is needed)

Romanian

3 entries
  • avariție noun (selfish desire for more than is needed)
  • aviditate noun (selfish desire for more than is needed)
  • lăcomie noun (selfish desire for more than is needed)

Russian

3 entries
  • а́лчность noun (selfish desire for more than is needed)
  • жа́дность noun (selfish desire for more than is needed)
  • ненасы́тность noun (selfish desire for more than is needed)

Scottish Gaelic

2 entries
  • sannt noun (selfish desire for more than is needed)
  • sanntachd noun (selfish desire for more than is needed)

Serbo-Croatian

4 entries
  • grabežljivost noun (selfish desire for more than is needed)
  • gramžljivost noun (selfish desire for more than is needed)
  • halapljivost noun (selfish desire for more than is needed)
  • pohlepa noun (selfish desire for more than is needed)

Slovak

1 entries
  • chtivosť noun (selfish desire for more than is needed)

Slovene

1 entries
  • pohlep noun (selfish desire for more than is needed)

Spanish

4 entries
  • avaricia noun (selfish desire for more than is needed)
  • avidez noun (selfish desire for more than is needed)
  • codicia noun (selfish desire for more than is needed)
  • cudicia noun (selfish desire for more than is needed)

Swedish

1 entries
  • girighet noun (selfish desire for more than is needed)

Tajik

1 entries
  • хасисӣ noun (selfish desire for more than is needed)

Tamil

1 entries
  • பேராசை noun (selfish desire for more than is needed)

Telugu

1 entries
  • దురాశ noun (selfish desire for more than is needed)

Thai

1 entries
  • โลภะ noun (selfish desire for more than is needed)

Tibetan

2 entries
  • འདོད་རྔམ noun (selfish desire for more than is needed)
  • ཧར་པོ noun (selfish desire for more than is needed)

Tocharian B

3 entries
  • entse noun (selfish desire for more than is needed)
  • entsesñe noun (selfish desire for more than is needed)
  • maune noun (selfish desire for more than is needed)

Turkish

2 entries
  • açgözlülük noun (selfish desire for more than is needed)
  • tamah noun (selfish desire for more than is needed)

Ukrainian

4 entries
  • жа́дібність noun (selfish desire for more than is needed)
  • жадли́вість noun (selfish desire for more than is needed)
  • ненаже́рливість noun (selfish desire for more than is needed)
  • хти́вість noun (selfish desire for more than is needed)

Urdu

2 entries
  • طمع noun (selfish desire for more than is needed)
  • لالچ noun (selfish desire for more than is needed)

Uzbek

2 entries
  • hirs noun (selfish desire for more than is needed)
  • ochkoʻzlik noun (selfish desire for more than is needed)

Vietnamese

1 entries
  • sự tham lam noun (selfish desire for more than is needed)

Welsh

2 entries
  • barau noun (selfish desire for more than is needed)
  • bâr noun (selfish desire for more than is needed)

Sample sentences

18 total sentences available.

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

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His greed for power knows no bounds.

Source: tatoeba (285991)

His honor was corroded by greed.

Source: tatoeba (287665)

He let his greed get the better of him.

Source: tatoeba (298446)

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