greedier

Adjective

greedy (comparative greedier, superlative greediest)

1. Having greed; consumed by selfish desires.
   • 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.1590, Edmund Spenser, “Book II, Canto IX”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC, stanza 14, page 311
2. Prone to overeat.

   Synonyms:

   gluttonous

3. (regular expressions) Tending to match as much text as possible.
   • This regular expression performs a greedy match.

   Antonyms:

   lazy, nongreedy, reluctant

4. That tries to find the global optimum by finding the local optimum at each stage.

   Antonyms:

   nongreedy

5. (archaic) Greedily sought or pursued.
   • Suppoſe they be in number infinit,
     Yet being voyd of Martiall diſcipline,
     All running headlong after greedie ſpoiles: […]
     Their careleſſe ſwords ſhal lanch their fellows throats
     And make vs triumph in their ouerthrow.c. 1587–1588 (date written), [Christopher Marlowe], Tamburlaine the Great. […] The First Part […], 2nd edition, part 1, London: […] [R. Robinson for] Richard Iones, […], published 1592, →OCLC...