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- pronunciation:
- kuh
vih
t
 s
- features:
- Word Combinations (adjective), Word Parts
| part of speech: |
adjective |
| definition: |
desiring that which belongs to another; wanting possessions; greedy.
He had to admit that he was covetous of his brother's vast wealth.- synonyms:
- avaricious, envious, grasping, greedy, jealous
- similar words:
- acquisitive, desirous
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| related words: |
grasping, greedy, jealous, mercenary |
adverb + (adj.)covetous
increasingly, merely
(adj.)covetous
+ noun
bone, eye, friend, glance, look, neighbor, sinner
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| derivations: |
covetously (adv.), covetousness (n.) |
The word covetous
contains the following part:
-ous, -ious
Latin
adjective-forming suffix
that means full of, characterized by
  More about this word part:
The suffix "-ous
, -ious
" attaches to Latin, Greek, and native English roots
Example words:
adventurous, ambiguous, amorous, amorphous, anadromous, androgynous, anomalous, apetalous, apocarpous, apterous, aqueous, atrocious, auspicious, avaricious, azygous, captious, carnivorous, chromous, coterminous, covetous, curious, delicious, diadromous, diaphanous, dicephalous, dioecious, disingenuous, egregious, endogenous, enormous, epigynous, euphonious, extemporaneous, ferocious, fortuitous, generous, glorious, gracious, gregarious, heterogamous, heterogeneous, homogeneous, homogenous, homologous, homopterous, hydrous, hypogynous, illustrious, impecunious, impervious, incommodious, incongruous, inconspicuous, indecorous, infamous, infelicitous, innocuous, intravenous, isogenous, isomerous, joyous, judicious, laborious, ludicrous, lustrous, magnanimous, malicious, malodorous, monoclinous, monoecious, multiparous, nauseous, perigynous, poisonous, porous, precious, quadrumanous, ramous, rebellious, spacious, subaqueous, synchronous, tubuliflorous, unanimous, valorous, vicious, wondrous, xerophilous
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