Noun: greed greed
- Excessive desire to acquire or possess more (especially more material wealth) than one needs or deserves
"His greed for power ultimately led to his downfall"
- Extreme greed for wealth or material gain; one of the seven deadly sins in Christian teachings
"His greed led him to sacrifice everything for money";
- avarice, covetousness, rapacity, avaritia
Derived forms: greeds
Type of: deadly sin, desire, mortal sin
Encyclopedia: Greed, John