avarice Definition

avarice
noun

1. Excessive desire for money, possessions, etc; greed.

Thesaurus: greed, miserliness, parsimony, stinginess, tight-fistedness, covetousness, predatoriness, acquisitiveness, rapacity, cupidity, penny-pinching; Antonym: generosity.

Derivative: avaricious
adj

Showing excessive desire for money, possessions, etc.
Thesaurus: greedy, miserly, parsimonious, stingy, tightfisted, covetous, predatory, acquisitive, grasping, rapacious, penny-pinching; Antonym: generous.

Derivative: avariciously
adverb

Derivative: avariciousness
noun

Etymology: 14c: from Latin avaritia, from avere to crave.