covetous

Adjective
  1. Showing extreme cupidity;
    Painfully desirous of another's advantages (synset 300892058)
    "he was never covetous before he met her"; "jealous of his success and covetous of his possessions"; "envious of their art collection"
    similar to: desirous, wishful - having or expressing desire for something
    same as: envious, jealous
  2. Immoderately desirous of acquiring e.g. wealth (synset 300030046)
    "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"
    similar to: acquisitive - eager to acquire and possess things especially material possessions or ideas
    same as: avaricious, grabby, grasping, greedy, prehensile

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