Synonyms of avidity

avidity

noun

ə-ˈvi-də-tē 

1

as in greed

an intense selfish desire for wealth or possessions

an advanced case of avidity that led to shoplifting at the tender age of 13

Synonyms & Similar Words

• greed
• rapacity
• avarice
• cupidity
• appetite
• acquisitiveness
• desire
• greediness
• thirst
• avariciousness
• rapaciousness
• covetousness
• hunger
• avidness
• craving
• possessiveness
• longing
• graspingness
• mercenariness
• lust
• passion
• materialism
• voracity
• commercialism
• gluttony
• yearning
• selfishness
• pining
• ravenousness
• hankering
• drive
• yen
• egotism
• egoism
• self-interest
• itch
• piggishness
• gluttonousness
• self-regard
• self-centeredness

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• satisfaction
• gratification
• fulfillment
• contentment
• fulfilment
• generosity
• liberality
• magnanimity
• largess
• bounty
• largesse
• unselfishness
• charity
• altruism
• bountifulness
• selflessness
• generousness
• bounteousness
• openheartedness
• openhandedness

2

as in enthusiasm

urgent desire or interest

in her avidity to express her opinions, she frequently and unthinkingly interrupts people

Synonyms & Similar Words

• enthusiasm
• thirst
• appetite
• excitement
• hunger
• eagerness
• impatience
• desirousness
• ardor
• lust
• avidness
• passion
• keenness
• ambition
• zeal
• alacrity
• readiness
• quickness
• zest
• gusto
• willingness
• warmth
• fervency
• appetence
• appetency
• amenability

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• indifference
• apathy
• nonchalance
• insouciance
• unconcern
• casualness
• detachment
• aloofness
• languor
• impassivity
• lukewarmness
• languidness
• halfheartedness

Examples of avidity in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Read the rest here, and please celebrate the holidays with avidity—whatever that might mean to you. —Lila MacLellan, Fortune, 16 Dec. 2022

The trouble was that Giuliani was cashing in on a reputation for honesty and probity with unseemly avidity. —Louis Menand, The New Yorker, 19 Sep. 2022

Honoring the contributions of the enslaved in a city that abounds with layers of historical mysteries can require avidity of purpose and judicious interpretation. —Klara Glowczewska, Town & Country, 18 Mar. 2022

Mutations may also increase the avidity of the spike protein for the receptor or stabilize the spike, increasing infectivity. —William A. Haseltine, Forbes, 1 Nov. 2021