Synonyms of avarice

avarice

noun

ˈa-və-rəs 

as in greed

an intense selfish desire for wealth or possessions

the bank official's embezzlement was motivated by pure avarice

Synonyms & Similar Words

• greed
• greediness
• rapacity
• cupidity
• acquisitiveness
• covetousness
• avariciousness
• rapaciousness
• desire
• thirst
• hunger
• appetite
• avidity
• materialism
• possessiveness
• lust
• avidness
• mercenariness
• graspingness
• commercialism
• longing
• gluttony
• craving
• passion
• selfishness
• egoism
• self-interest
• egotism
• voracity
• yearning
• drive
• yen
• pining
• itch
• hankering
• ravenousness
• piggishness
• self-centeredness
• gluttonousness
• self-regard

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• satisfaction
• gratification
• fulfillment
• fulfilment
• contentment
• generosity
• liberality
• magnanimity
• charity
• largess
• unselfishness
• bounty
• largesse
• altruism
• selflessness
• bountifulness
• generousness
• openhandedness
• openheartedness
• bounteousness

Examples Sentences

Recent Examples of avarice

His former partner, Jacob Marley, is suffering in his afterlife for corresponding avarice. —Armstrong Williams, Baltimore Sun, 1 Dec. 2024

People steal out of jealousy, avarice, low self-esteem and peer pressure, while others use it to demonstrate their power and independence. —David Schiffer, Forbes, 9 Oct. 2024

No one is immune from guilt given how ownership and politicians equally drank from the well of avarice. —Wayne G. McDonnell, Jr., Forbes, 26 Sep. 2024

If opportunism is motivating Putin in Ukraine—if the gambit is the product of his imperial avarice to gain Russian control of the country whenever the possibility presented itself—then his decidedly nonopportunistic approach to Ukraine from 2014 to 2021 needs to be explained. —Peter Schroeder, Foreign Affairs, 3 Sep. 2024