English

Noun

greed ‎(countable and uncountable, plural greeds)

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

   His greed was his undoing.

   What drove them was their ambition, their greed for power.

Synonyms

• (selfish desire for more than is needed): avarice, covetousness, greediness, rapacity
• See also Wikisaurus:greed
• (desire for food): gluttony

Derived terms

• greedily
• greediness
• greedy

Translations

External links

• greed in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
• greed in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911

Anagrams

• edger