If you describe a person or society as materialistic, you are critical of them because they attach too much importance to money and material possessions.
[disapproval]
During the 1980s, Britain became a very materialistic society.
Synonyms: consumerist, worldly, grasping, greedy More Synonyms of materialistic
Synonyms of 'materialistic'
consumerist, worldly, grasping, greedy
More Synonyms of materialistic
(adjective)
I feel society has become very materialistic.
Synonyms
consumerist
worldly
He has repeatedly criticized Western churches as being too worldly.
grasping
She is a grasping and manipulative young woman.
greedy
He attacked greedy bosses for awarding themselves big pay rises.
acquisitive
We live in an acquisitive society.
rapacious
He had a rapacious appetite for bird's nest soup.
avaricious
I sacrificed my career so that my avaricious brother could succeed.
capitalistic
money-grubbing
The main character is portrayed as a money-grubbing parasite.
money-orientated
Seecovetous
Synonyms of 'materialistic'
materialistic
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Additional synonyms
in the sense of greedy
Definition
having an excessive desire for something, such as food or money
He attacked greedy bosses for awarding themselves big pay rises.
Synonyms
avaricious,
grasping,
selfish,
insatiable,
acquisitive,
rapacious,
materialistic,
desirous,
covetous
in the sense of money-grubbing
Definition
seeking greedily to obtain money
The main character is portrayed as a money-grubbing parasite.
Synonyms
avaricious,
grasping,
greedy,
mercenary,
acquisitive,
rapacious,
money-grabbing,
grabby (informal)
in the sense of rapacious
Definition
greedy or grasping
He had a rapacious appetite for bird's nest soup.
Synonyms
greedy,
grasping,
insatiable,
ravenous,
preying,
plundering,
predatory,
voracious,
marauding,
extortionate,
avaricious,
wolfish,
usurious
in the sense of worldly
He has repeatedly criticized Western churches as being too worldly.