English noun: greed | |||
1. | greed (attribute) excessive desire to acquire or possess more (especially more material wealth) than one needs or deserves | ||
Broader (hypernym) | desire | ||
Narrower (hyponym) | acquisitiveness, avarice, avariciousness, covetousness, cupidity, possessiveness | ||
2. | greed (act) reprehensible acquisitiveness; insatiable desire for wealth (personified as one of the deadly sins) | ||
Synonyms | avarice, avaritia, covetousness, rapacity | ||
Broader (hypernym) | deadly sin, mortal sin | ||