covetous

  • (s) showing extreme cupidity; painfully desirous of another's advantages
    • he was never covetous before he met her
    • jealous of his success and covetous of his possessions
    • envious of their art collection
    envious, jealous,
  • (s) 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
    avaricious, grabby, grasping, greedy, prehensile,

Synonyms

envious jealous avaricious grabby grasping greedy prehensile

Words of close approximity

covetously covetousness