- Types Of Speech
- You can use greedy as a adjective satellite in a sentence.
- About Greedy
- A 2 syllables adjective satellite and 6 letters with the letters d, e, g, r, and y, 4 consonants, 2 vowels and 2 syllables with the middle letters ee. Greedy starts with and ends in a consonant with the starting letters g, gr, gre, gree, greed, and the ending characters are y, dy, edy, eedy, reedy, . Greedy is also a double vowel (ee) word. View the double vowel words list.
- Definition
- Wanting to eat or drink more than one can reasonably consume; "don''t be greedy with the cookies"
- Origin/Roots
- Middle English
- Scrabble
- Is greedy a scrabble word? A 11 point word in scrabble. Check the word games tab below for probability, odds and more.
- Pig Latin
- Greedy in Pig Latin is said as "eedygray or eedygrway".
- Unigram
- g | r | e | e | d | y
- Bigram
- gr | re | ee | ed | dy
- Trigram
- gre | ree | eed | edy
- Quadrigram
- gree | reed | eedy
- Word Gram
- Adjective Satellite Examples
- wanting to eat or drink more than one can reasonably consume;
"don't be greedy with the cookies" - immoderately desirous of acquiring e.g. wealth;
"they are avaricious and will do anything for money";
"casting covetous eyes on his neighbor's fields";
"a grasping old miser";
"grasping commercialism";
"greedy for money and power";
"grew richer and greed - (often followed by `for') ardently or excessively desirous;
"avid for adventure";
"an avid ambition to succeed";
"fierce devouring affection";
"the esurient eyes of an avid curiosity";
"greedy for fame"
Synonym | Definition |
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Acquiring | the act of acquiring something "I envied his talent for acquiring" "he''s much more interested in the getting than in the giving" |
Acquisitive | eager to acquire and possess things especially material possessions or ideas "an acquisitive mind" "an aquisitive society in which the craving for material things seems never satisfied" |
All Devouring | |
Ambitious For Self | |
Apician | |
Approach | the act of drawing spatially closer to something "the hunter''s approach scattered the geese" |
Autistic | characteristic of or suffering from autism |
Avaricious | immoderately desirous of acquiring e.g. wealth "they are avaricious and will do anything for money" "casting covetous eyes on his neighbor''s fields" "a grasping old miser" "grasping commercialism" "greedy for money and power" "grew richer and greed |
Avid | marked by active interest and enthusiasm "an avid sports fan" "a great walker" "an eager beaver" |
A Hog For |
View all cognitive synonyms for Greedy
Anagram | Definition |
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Greedy | wanting to eat or drink more than one can reasonably consume "don''t be greedy with the cookies" |
View English words with the unique letters used in greedy. Words With The Letters Degry
Similar Word | Definition |
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Gluttonous | given to excess in consumption of especially food or drink; "over-fed women and their gluttonous husbands"; "a gluttonous debauch"; "a gluttonous appetite for food and praise and pleasure" |
Word | Scrabble | Words With Friends | Word Chums | 4Pics1Word | Jumble |
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Yardage (7 letters) | 12 +1 | 12 +1 | aadegry | ||
Rydberg (7 letters) | 14 +3 | 15 +4 | bdegrry | ||
Greedy (6 letters) | 11 | 11 | greedy | ||
Grayed (6 letters) | 11 | 11 | grayed | ||
Drayage (7 letters) | 12 +1 | 12 +1 | aadegry | ||
Raggedy (7 letters) | 13 +2 | 14 +3 | raggedy |
Greedy Is In These Word Lists
- Starts With G
- Ends With Y
- Spelled With / Contains Letters