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Synonyms

acquisitiveness, avarice, avidity, covetousness, cupidity, rapaciousness; also materialism, possessiveness; appetite, craving, hankering, hunger, itch, longing, lust, passion, ravenousness, thirst, voracity, yearning, yen

greed·i·ness noun : the quality or state of being greedy; especially : extreme or excessive desire for wealth or gain

greedy adjective 1 : having a strong desire for food or drink

2 : marked by greed : having or showing a selfish desire for wealth and possessions

Synonyms

[1] gluttonous, hoggish, piggish, rapacious, ravenous, voracious—more at VORACIOUS

[2] acquisitive, avaricious, avid, covetous, grasping, mercenary, rapacious; also materialistic; desirous, eager, itchy, miserly; hoggish, piggish, swinish; devouring, gluttonous, gobbling, insatiable, ravenous, voracious, unquenchable; discontent, discontented, malcontent, unsatisfied; begrudging, grudging, resentful

1Greek noun 1 : a native or inhabitant of Greece

2 : the ancient or modern language of Greece

2Greek adjective 1 : of, relating to, or characteristic of Greece, the Greeks, or Greek

2 : ORTHODOX 3

1green adjective 1 : of the color green

2 : covered with verdure; also : consisting of green plants or of the leafy parts of plants

3 : UNRIPE; also : IMMATURE

4 : having a sickly appearance

5 : not fully processed or treated <~ liquor> <~ hides>

6 : lacking in training, knowledge, or experience : INEXPERIENCED; also : NAIVE

7 : concerned with or supporting environmentalism

— green·ish adjective

Synonyms

[2] leafy, lush, luxuriant, verdant

[4] cadaverous, lurid, pale, pasty, peaked, sallow, sickly—more at SICKLY

[6] adolescent, callow, immature, inexperienced, juvenile, raw—more at CALLOW

[6] ingenuous, innocent, naive, simple, unknowing, unsophisticated, unwary, unworldly—more at NAIVE

2green verb : to make or become green

3green noun 1 : a color between blue and yellow in the spectrum : the color of growing fresh grass or of the emerald

2 : something of a green color

3 : green vegetation; especially plural : leafy herbs or leafy parts of a vegetable

4 : a grassy plot; especially : a smooth grassy area around the hole into which the ball must be played in golf

green·back noun : a U.S. legal-tender note

green bean noun : a kidney bean that is used as a snap bean when the pods are colored green

green·belt noun : a belt of parks or farmlands around a community

green card noun : an identity card attesting the permanent resident status of an alien in the U.S.

green·ery noun, plural -er·ies : green foliage or plants

Synonyms

flora, foliage, green, herbage, leafage, vegetation, verdure; also grassland, prairie

green–eyed adjective : JEALOUS

green·gro·cer noun : a retailer of fresh vegetables and fruit

green·horn noun : an inexperienced person; also : NEWCOMER

Synonyms

beginner, fledgling, freshman, neophyte, newcomer, novice, recruit, rookie, tenderfoot, tyro—more at BEGINNER

green·house noun : a glass structure for the growing of tender plants

greenhouse effect noun : warming of a planet's atmosphere that occurs when the sun's radiation passes through the atmosphere, is absorbed by the planet, and is reradiated as radiation of longer wavelength that can be absorbed by atmospheric gases

green manure noun : an herbaceous crop (as clover) plowed under when green to enrich the soil

green·ness noun : the quality or state of being green; especially : being unaffectedly simple and candid

Synonyms

artlessness, ingenuousness, innocence, naturalness, naïveté, simplicity, unworldliness—more at NAÏVETÉ

green onion noun : a young onion pulled before the bulb has enlarged and used esp. in salads; also : SCALLION

green pepper noun : a sweet pepper before it turns red at maturity

green·room noun : a room in a theater or concert hall where actors or musicians relax before, between, or after appearances

green·sward noun : turf that is green with growing grass

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