GREEDY

greedy

(adjective) wanting to eat or drink more than one can reasonably consume; “don’t be greedy with the cookies”

avaricious, covetous, grabby, grasping, greedy, prehensile

(adjective) 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”

avid, devouring, esurient, greedy

(adjective) (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”

Source: WordNet® 3.1

Etymology

Adjective

greedy (comparative greedier, superlative greediest)

Having greed; consumed by selfish desires.

Prone to overeat.

(regular expressions) Tending to match as much text as possible.

Antonyms: lazy, nongreedy, reluctant

(computer science, of an algorithm) That tries to find the global optimum by finding the local optimum at each stage.

Antonym: nongreedy

Synonyms

• (having greed): greedy

• (prone to overeat): gluttonous

Anagrams

• greyed

Source: Wiktionary

Greed"y, a. [Compar. Greedier (-î-er); superl. Greediest.] Etym: [OE. gredi, AS. grdig, grdig; akin to D. gretig, OS. grdag, OHG. grtag, Dan. graadig, OSw. gradig, grdig, Icel. graugr, Goth. grdags greedy, grdn to be hungry; cf. Skr. grdh 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.

2. Having a keen desire for anything; vehemently desirous; eager to obtain; avaricious; as, greedy of gain.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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