Home › Words › C › covetesscovetesscovetess means A woman who covets; a coveter.EtymologyFrom covet + -ess.nounA woman who covets; a coveter.e.g.““The girl is showing herself to be the backstabbing covetess she really is.” “Covetess?” XA asked. “One who covets,” Dagoola explained […]” — 2008, Rod Sanford, Dying Hard in the Big Easy: A Lemon Boy Phillips Mystery, iUniverse, →ISBN, page 57:Definitions & examples from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).Words closest in meaningBy meaning, not spelling — each word's AI semantic fingerprint, nearest first.coveter 84% match — One who covets. vs covetess →coveting 78% match — The act of one who covets. vs covetess →covetise 76% match — Covetousness; excessive desire for something, especially for acquiring wealth. vs covetess →covetive 74% match — Tending to covet; acquisitive. vs covetess →covetious 73% match — Covetous. vs covetess →covet 72% match — To wish for with eagerness; to desire possession of, often enviously. vs covetess →covetingly 72% match — in a coveting way vs covetess →covetiveness 71% match — The state or quality of being covetive. vs covetess →