1. (

• covetousness ,

) an envious eagerness to possess something ;

2. (

• avarice ,
• avariciousness ,
• covetousness ,
• cupidity

) extreme greed for material wealth ;

3. (

• avarice ,
• greed ,
• covetousness ,
• rapacity ,
• avaritia

) reprehensible acquisitiveness; insatiable desire for wealth (personified as one of the deadly sins) ;