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/ˌævəˈɹɪʃəs/ · adjective
Actuated by avarice; extremely greedy for wealth or material gain; immoderately desirous of accumulating property..
In a word, he was called a hard, avaricious, rapacious man, whose chief business was to enrich himself...
Use avaricious when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Avaricious means Actuated by avarice; extremely greedy for wealth or material gain; immoderately desirous of accumulating property..
Common synonyms include greedy, covetous, acquisitive, prehensile.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
In a word, he was called a hard, avaricious, rapacious man, whose chief business was to enrich himself...
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