Synonyms: greedy
Definition: wanting to eat or drink more than one can reasonably consume
Usage: don't be greedy with the cookies
Similar words: gluttonous
Definition: given to excess in consumption of especially food or drink
Usage: over-fed women and their gluttonous husbands; a gluttonous debauch; a gluttonous appetite for food and praise and pleasure
Synonyms: avaricious, covetous, grabby, grasping, greedy, prehensile
Definition: immoderately desirous of acquiring e.g. wealth
Usage: 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 greedier; prehensile employers stingy with raises for their employees
Similar words: acquisitive
Definition: eager to acquire and possess things especially material possessions or ideas
Usage: an acquisitive mind; an acquisitive society in which the craving for material things seems never satisfied
Synonyms: greedy, esurient, avid, devouring
Definition: (often followed by `for') ardently or excessively desirous
Usage: avid for adventure; an avid ambition to succeed; fierce devouring affection; the esurient eyes of an avid curiosity; greedy for fame
Similar words: desirous, wishful
Definition: having or expressing desire for something
Usage: desirous of high office; desirous of finding a quick solution to the problem