[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

covetous \cov"etous\ k?v"?t-?s, a. of. coveitos, f.
   convoiteux. see covet, v. t.
   1. very desirous; eager to obtain; -- used in a good sense.
      archaic
      1913 webster

            covetous of wisdom and fair virtue.   --shak.
      1913 webster

            covetous death bereaved us all,
            to aggrandize one funeral.            --emerson.
      1913 webster

   2. inordinately desirous; excessively eager to obtain and
      possess esp. money; avaricious; -- in a bad sense.
      1913 webster

            the covetous person lives as if the world were
            madealtogether for him, and not he for the world.
                                                  --south.

   syn: avaricious; parsimonious; penurious; misrely; niggardly.
        see avaricious.
        1913 webster
see also:
covet avaricious 

[2] : WordNet (r) 2.0

covetous
     adj 1: 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" syn:
            envious, jealous
     2: 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" syn: avaricious,
         grabby, grasping, greedy, prehensile
see also:
envious jealous avaricious grabby grasping greedy 
prehensile 

[3] : Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

31 moby thesaurus words for "covetous":
   acquisitive, assembly, avid, band, bevy, bunch, cluster, covey,
   crew, desirous, eager, envious, esurient, gluttonous, grabby,
   grasping, greedy, grudging, hoggish, itchy, jealous, keen,
   lickerish, party, piggish, prehensile, rapacious, ravenous,
   selfish, swinish, voracious

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Covetous Crew
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Covetous leaders
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http://www.tecmalta.org/tft271.htm, score=45, date indexed=January 14, 2006, 1:04 pm

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Dictionary.com/covetous
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1 Corinthians 6:10 Nor thieves, nor covetous, nor drunkards
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http://www.bible.cc/1_corinthians/6-10.htm, score=28, date indexed=December 7, 2005, 9:31 pm

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http://www.letusreason.org/Pent7.htm, score=27, date indexed=January 15, 2006, 10:32 am

Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary
...2 : having a craving for possession <covetous of power>. - cov·et·ous· ... cov·et·ous·ness noun. synonyms COVETOUS, GREEDY, ACQUISITIVE, GRASPING ... ..
http://www2.merriam-webster.com/cgi-bin/mwdictsn?va=covetous, score=27, date indexed=January 3, 2006, 4:53 pm

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