adjective
having or marked by an urgent and often unscrupulous desire for possessions
the covetous eye of an avid collector
Synonyms: acquisitive, desirous, grabby, grasping, greedy, itchy, prehensile
Related Word: esurient, gluttonous, rapacious, ravenous, voracious; hoggish, lickerish, piggish, swinish; avid, eager, keen; envious, jealous; grudging, selfish
Contrasted words: generous, liberal, munificent; ungrudging, unselfish; abstemious, abstinent, ascetic, austere; moderate, restrained, temperate