noun
1. excessive desire to eat
• Syn: ↑edacity, ↑esurience, ↑ravenousness, ↑voracity
• Derivationally related forms: ↑voracious, ↑voracious (for: ↑voracity), ↑ravenous (for: ↑ravenousness), ↑esurient (for: ↑esurience), ↑edacious (for: ↑edacity)
• Hypernyms: ↑hunger, ↑hungriness
2. extreme gluttony
• Syn: ↑edacity, ↑esurience, ↑rapaciousness, ↑rapacity, ↑voracity
• Derivationally related forms: ↑voracious, ↑voracious (for: ↑voracity), ↑rapacious (for: ↑rapacity), ↑rapacious (for: ↑rapaciousness), ↑esurient (for: ↑esurience), ↑edacious (for: ↑edacity)
• Hypernyms: ↑gluttony
3. an excessive desire for wealth (usually in large amounts)
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the greediness of lawyers
• Syn: ↑greediness, ↑rapaciousness
• Derivationally related forms: ↑voracious, ↑greedy (for: ↑greediness)
• Hypernyms: ↑selfishness
Useful english dictionary. 2012.