covetous

Speech parts

1. covetous - Adjective

2. covetous - Verb

3. covetous - Adjective Satellite

Meaning

Very desirous; eager to obtain; -- used in a good sense.

Inordinately desirous; excessively eager to obtain and possess (esp. money); avaricious; -- in a bad sense.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

avaricious jealous greedy grasping envious prehensile parsimonious penurious niggardly grabby piggy keen eager hungry selfish
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Antonyms

beneficent blase free great provide strong
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Related terms

covet

Phrases with the word

least covetous more covetous less covetous covetous person covetous of

Examples

Who is the covetous man? One for whom plenty is not enough. Basil of Caesarea

Be charitable before wealth makes you covetous. Thomas Browne

If we bring not the good courage of minds covetous of truth, and truth only, prepared to hear all things, and decide upon all things, according to evidence, we should do more wisely to sit down contented in ignorance, than to bestir ourselves only to reap disappointment. Frances Wright

A covetous abbot for one offering loses a hundred. Spanish Proverb

The covetous person is always in want. Irish Proverb

Covetous men's chests are rich, not they. Chinese Proverb

Close letter words and terms

covetise covetive covetiveness covetous of covetous person covetously