Definition of covetousness

Scrabble & Words with friends points


  • covetousness is a valid Scrabble US word with a point value of 17
  • covetousness is a valid Scrabble UK word with a point value of 17
  • covetousness is a valid Words with friends word with a point value of 21

Definition of covetousness


  • extreme greed for material wealth (noun)

    Synonyms

    1. avarice
    2. avariciousness
    3. cupidity
  • reprehensible acquisitiveness; insatiable desire for wealth (personified as one of the deadly sins) (noun)

    Synonyms

    1. avarice
    2. avaritia
    3. greed
    4. rapacity
  • an envious eagerness to possess something (noun)

See definition of covetousness in Merriam Webster