AVARICE Synonyms: 60 Similar and Opposite Words

avarice

noun

ˈa-və-rəs

Definition of avarice next

as in greed

an intense selfish desire for wealth or possessions the bank official's embezzlement was motivated by pure avarice

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Recent Examples of avarice But the damage this episode of Europe-bashing and open colonial avarice has done is real and enduring. —

Nick Paton Walsh, CNN Money, 21 Jan. 2026 Certainly there’s a long and distinguished tradition of associating Jewish arrivistes with entrepreneurialism, avarice, and clannishness. —

Gideon Lewis-Kraus, New Yorker, 24 Nov. 2025 Advertisement For years, Khan condemned graft and personal avarice. —

Rafia Zakaria, Time, 6 Nov. 2025 Mammon, the lord of avarice and demon god of greed and money. —

Brian Truitt, USA Today, 20 Sep. 2025 See All Example Sentences for avarice

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greed

Noun

Across 17 tracks, Amos positions herself as both conqueror and coward, exploring how the greed and individualism of modern society has allowed tech feudalists and 21st-century robber barons to make out like kings.

— Jazz Monroe, Pitchfork, 1 May 2026
The villain is corporate greed.

— Louis Peitzman, Vulture, 30 Apr. 2026