GREEDY

adj. 1 ravenous, voracious, gluttonous, piggish, hoggish, swinish, cormorant, edacious, esurient, insatiable, unquenchable I'd love another slice, but I mustn't be greedy 2 avaricious, acquisitive, covetous, grasping, craving; materialistic, money-hungry If some people were less greedy, there would be plenty for everyone 3 stingy, miserly, mean, selfish, niggardly, parsimonious, penurious, penny-pinching, mercenary, close-fisted, tight-fisted, close, Colloq near, tight, Brit mingy He's so greedy that he asks beggars for receipts