Synonyms and Antonyms of covetous
1
having or marked by an eager and often selfish desire especially for material possessions
- one aggressive bargain hunter rushed to make a covetous grab for the last marked-down TV
commercialistic, materialistic, philistine
desirous, eager, itchy, lickerish, miserly
hoggish, piggish, piggy, swinish
devouring, gluttonous, gobbling, insatiable, ravenous, unquenchable, voracious
egocentric, egoistic (also egoistical), egotistic (or egotistical), self-centered, self-seeking
discontent, discontented, malcontent, unsatisfied
begrudging, grudging, resentful
nonmaterialistic
altruistic, bounteous, bountiful, charitable, freehanded, generous, greathearted, handsome, liberal, magnanimous, munificent, openhanded, openhearted, selfless, unselfish, unsparing
controlled, moderate, restrained, temperate
content, sated, satisfied
2
having or showing mean resentment of another's possessions or advantages
- a covetous child who must destroy what he cannot have
