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Wordnet 3.0

ADJECTIVE (2)

1. showing extreme cupidity; painfully desirous of another's advantages;
- Example: "he was never covetous before he met her"
- Example: "jealous of his success and covetous of his possessions"
- Example: "envious of their art collection"
[syn: covetous, envious, jealous]

2. immoderately desirous of acquiring e.g. wealth;
- Example: "they are avaricious and will do anything for money"
- Example: "casting covetous eyes on his neighbor's fields"
- Example: "a grasping old miser"
- Example: "grasping commercialism"
- Example: "greedy for money and power"
- Example: "grew richer and greedier"
- Example: "prehensile employers stingy with raises for their employees"
[syn: avaricious, covetous, grabby, grasping, greedy, prehensile]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Covetous \Cov"et*ous\ (k?v"?t-?s), a. [OF. coveitos, F. convoiteux. See Covet, v. t.] 1. Very desirous; eager to obtain; -- used in a good sense. [Archaic] [1913 Webster] Covetous of wisdom and fair virtue. --Shak. [1913 Webster] Covetous death bereaved us all, To aggrandize one funeral. --Emerson. [1913 Webster] 2. Inordinately desirous; excessively eager to obtain and possess (esp. money); avaricious; -- in a bad sense. [1913 Webster] The covetous person lives as if the world were madealtogether for him, and not he for the world. --South. Syn: Avaricious; parsimonious; penurious; misrely; niggardly. See Avaricious. [1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

covetous adj 1: 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" [syn: covetous, envious, jealous] 2: 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, greedy, prehensile]
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:

31 Moby Thesaurus words for "covetous": acquisitive, assembly, avid, band, bevy, bunch, cluster, covey, crew, desirous, eager, envious, esurient, gluttonous, grabby, grasping, greedy, grudging, hoggish, itchy, jealous, keen, lickerish, party, piggish, prehensile, rapacious, ravenous, selfish, swinish, voracious