• IPA: /ˈɡɹiːdi/

greedy (comparative greedier, superlative greediest)

1. Having greed; consumed by selfish desires.
   • 1590, Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Qveene. […], London: Printed [by John Wolfe] for VVilliam Ponsonbie, OCLC 960102938 ↗, book II, canto IX, stanza 14, page 311 ↗:

     For with ſuch puiſſance and impetuous maine / Thoſe Champions broke on them, that forſt the fly, / Like ſcattered Sheepe, whenas the Shepherds ſwaine / A Lyon and a Tigre doth eſpye, / With greedy pace forth ruſhing from the foreſt nye.

2. Prone to overeat.
3. (regular expressions) Tending to match as much text as possible.

   Antonyms: lazy, nongreedy, reluctant

   This regular expression performs a greedy match.

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

   Antonyms: nongreedy

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

• French: avaricieux, cupide, avide
• German: gierig, habgierig, habsüchtig
• Italian: ingordo, avido
• Portuguese: ganancioso
• Russian: жа́дный
• Spanish: codicioso, avaricioso, ávido, avaro, avorazado

• French: gourmand
• German: gefräßig
• Italian: goloso
• Portuguese: guloso
• Spanish: glotón, tragón (colloquial)