Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun greed

2 senses of greed

Sense 1
greed -- (excessive desire to acquire or possess more (especially more material wealth) than one needs or deserves)
       => desire -- (an inclination to want things; "a man of many desires")

Sense 2
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")