different between greedy vs materialistic

English

Etymology

From Middle English gredy, from Old English gr?di? (“greedy, hungry, eager”), from Proto-Germanic *gr?dagaz (“hungry”), from Proto-Germanic *gr?daz, *gr?duz, *gr?dô (“hunger”), from Proto-Indo-European *g?r?d?- (“to be hungry, long for”), equivalent to greed +? -y. Cognate with Old Saxon gr?dag (“greedy”), Dutch graag (“gladly, willingly”), Old High German gr?tag (“greedy”), Danish grådig (“greedy”), Norwegian Bokmål grådig (“greedy”) (from Old Norse gráðigr (“greedy”), gráði (“greed, hunger”)), Gothic ???????????????????????????? (gr?dags, “hungry”). Non-Germanic cognates include Sanskrit ?????? (g?ddhi, “greed”), Albanian ngordh (“to crave for, starve, die”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /???i?di/
• Rhymes: -i?di

Adjective

greedy (comparative greedier, superlative greediest)

1. Having greed; consumed by selfish desires.
2. Prone to overeat.
3. (regular expressions) Tending to match as much text as possible.

   Antonyms: lazy, nongreedy, reluctant

4. (computer science, of an algorithm) That tries to find the global optimum by finding the local optimum at each stage.

   Antonym: nongreedy

Synonyms

• (having greed): Thesaurus:greedy
• (prone to overeat): gluttonous

Derived terms

• greed (by back-formation)
• greediness
• greedyguts
• overgreedy

Descendants

• Sranan Tongo: gridi

Translations

Further reading

• greedy in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• greedy in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.

Anagrams

• greyed

English

Etymology

material +? -istic

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /m??t???.i.??l?s.t?k/

Adjective

materialistic (comparative more materialistic, superlative most materialistic)

1. Being overly concerned with material possessions and wealth.
2. Of or concerning philosophical materialism.
   • 1852, Charles Kingsley, Phaeton, or Loose Thoughts for Loose Thinkers

     But to me his very spiritualism seemed more materialistic than his physics.

Related terms

• materialism

Translations