Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun avarice
2 senses of avarice
Sense 1
avarice, greed, covetousness, rapacity, avaritia -- (reprehensible acquisitiveness; insatiable desire for wealth (personified as one of the deadly sins))
=> mortal sin, deadly sin -- (an unpardonable sin entailing a total loss of grace; "theologians list seven mortal sins")
Sense 2
avarice, avariciousness, covetousness, cupidity -- (extreme greed for material wealth)
=> greed -- (excessive desire to acquire or possess more (especially more material wealth) than one needs or deserves)