greedy

Meaning

Having greed; consumed by selfish desires.
Prone to overeat.
Tending to match as much text as possible.
That tries to find the global optimum by finding the local optimum at each stage.
Greedily sought or pursued.

avaricious

covetous

acquisitive

eagerly desirous

winning over

vie for

liquorish

longing for

hankering after

self-considering

open-mouthed

selfis

ardently longing for

lusting after

passionately fond of

avaracious

greedy person

miserly person

stingy person

eat greedily

have a sweet tooth

Frequency

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈɡɹiːdi/

From Middle English gredy, from Anglian Old English grēdiġ (“greedy, hungry, eager”) (cognate West Saxon form grǣdiġ), from Proto-Germanic *grēdagaz (“hungry”), from Proto-Germanic *grēdaz, *grēduz, *grēdô (“hunger”), from Proto-Indo-European *gʰrēdʰ (“to be hungry, long for”) or from From Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰer-. , equivalent to greed + -y. Cognate with Old Saxon grādag (“greedy”), Dutch graag (“gladly, willingly”), Old High German grātag (“greedy”), Danish grådig (“greedy”), Norwegian Bokmål grådig (“greedy”) (from Old Norse gráðigr (“greedy”), gráði (“greed, hunger”)), Gothic 𐌲𐍂𐌴𐌳𐌰𐌲𐍃 (grēdags, “hungry”). Non-Germanic cognates include Sanskrit गृद्धि (gṛddhi, “greed”), Albanian ngordh (“to crave for, starve, die”).