Greedy

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Greedy \Greed"y\ (gr[=e]d"[y^]), a. [Compar. {Greedier}
     (-[i^]*[~e]r); superl. {Greediest}.] [OE. gredi, AS.
     gr[=ae]dig, gr[=e]dig; akin to D. gretig, OS. gr[=a]dag, OHG.
     gr[=a]tag, Dan. graadig, OSw. gradig, gr[*a]dig, Icel.
     gr[=a][eth]ugr, Goth. gr[=e]dags greedy, gr[=e]d[=e]n to be
     hungry; cf. Skr. g[.r]dh to be greedy. Cf. {Greed.}]


     1. Having a keen appetite for food or drink; ravenous;
        voracious; very hungry; -- followed by of; as, a lion that
        is greedy of his prey.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     2. Having a keen desire for anything; vehemently desirous;
        eager to obtain; avaricious; as, {greedy} of gain.
        [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  greedy
       adj 1: immoderately desirous of acquiring e.g. wealth; "they are
              avaricious and will do anything for money"; "casting
              covetous eyes on his neighbor's fields"; "a grasping
              old miser"; "grasping commercialism"; "greedy for
              money and power"; "grew richer and greedier";
              "prehensile employers stingy with raises for their
              employees" [syn: {avaricious}, {covetous}, {grabby}, {grasping},
               {prehensile}]
       2: (often followed by `for') ardently or excessively desirous;
          "avid for adventure"; "an avid ambition to succeed";
          "fierce devouring affection"; "the esurient eyes of an
          avid curiosity"; "greedy for fame" [syn: {avid}, {devouring(a)},
           {esurient}]
       3: wanting to eat or drink more than one can reasonably
          consume; "don't be greedy with the cookies"
       [also: {greediest}, {greedier}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  104 Moby Thesaurus words for "greedy":
     Apician, a hog for, acquiring, acquisitive, all-devouring,
     ambitious for self, autistic, avaricious, avid, bolting,
     bottomless, careerist, close, cormorant, coveting, covetous,
     cramming, crapulent, crapulous, craving, desirous, devouring,
     edacious, egotistical, esurient, glutting, gluttonizing,
     gluttonous, gobbling, gorging, grabby, grasping, gulping, guttling,
     guzzling, hoggish, hyperphagic, individualistic, insatiable,
     insatiate, intemperate, itchy, limitless, materialistic, mean,
     mercenary, mingy, miserly, money-hungry, money-mad, narcissistic,
     near, niggardly, omnivorous, overgreedy, parsimonious,
     penny-pinching, penurious, personalistic, piggish, polyphagic,
     possessive, prehensile, privatistic, quenchless, rapacious,
     ravening, ravenous, remote, self-absorbed, self-admiring,
     self-advancing, self-besot, self-centered, self-considerative,
     self-contained, self-devoted, self-esteeming, self-indulgent,
     self-interested, self-jealous, self-occupied, self-pleasing,
     self-seeking, self-serving, self-sufficient, selfish, slakeless,
     sordid, stingy, stuffing, swinish, tight, tight-fisted,
     unappeasable, unappeased, unquenchable, unsated, unsatisfied,
     unslakeable, unslaked, venal, voracious, wolfing