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Adjective covetous has 2 senses
- covetous, envious, jealous - showing extreme cupidity; painfully desirous of another's advantages; "he was never covetous before he met her"; "jealous of his success and covetous of his possessions"; "envious of their art collection"
Antonyms: undesirous, undesiring (indirect, via desirous)
- avaricious, covetous, grabby, grasping, greedy, prehensile - immoderately desirous of acquiring e.g. wealth; "they are avaricious and will do anything for money"; "casting covetous eyes on his neighbor's fields"; "a grasping old miser"; "grasping commercialism"; "greedy for money and power"; "grew richer and greedier"; "prehensile employers stingy with raises for their employees"
Antonym: unacquisitive (indirect, via acquisitive)
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