avarice
avarice is defined in Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913) with 1 sense, and appears in Roget's Thesaurus (1911) with 40 related terms. The full text of each entry is reproduced verbatim below.
Definitions
- 1.An inordinate desire for some supposed good. All are taught an avarice of praise. Goldsmith.
Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
Synonyms
Related terms (Roget's 1911)
- and
- appetite
- avaricious
- belly
- blow
- bolt
- bon
- cheer
- cormorant
- cram
- crapulence
- crapulent
- cuisine
- devour
- eat
- edacious
- edacity
- engorge
- epicure
- epicurism
- feast
- fill
- food
- fork
- gastronome
- gastronomy
- glutton
- gluttonous
- gluttony
- gobble
- god
- good
- gorge
- gormandize
- gourmand
- gourmet
- greed
- greediness
- greedy
- gulosity
Source: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
Related questions
Reverse-dictionary questions
Definition-first questions whose answer is avarice.
Sources
- Definitions: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
- Synonyms: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
- Canonical URL: https://worddirectanswers.com/word/avarice
- Steward: Jason Burns