Greedy

1 Having greed; consumed by selfish desires.<p>2 Prone to overeat.</p><p>3 (regular expressions) Tending to match as much text as possible.</p><p>4 (computer science, of an algorithm) That tries to find the global optimum by finding the local optimum at each stage.</p><p>Synonyms</p><p>(having greed):</p><p>(prone to overeat): gluttonous</p><p>Antonyms</p><p>(tending to match as much text as possible): lazy, nongreedy</p><p>(that finds local optima): nongreedy</p>