edacious

adjective

i-ˈdā-shəs How to pronounce edacious (audio)
Definition of edaciousnext
as in greedy
having a huge appetite my edacious dining companion could always be counted on to order the largest—and often most expensive—item on the menu

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  1. greedy
  2. ravenous
  3. voracious
Adjective
  • The current system also supports contexts of up to 1,024 tokens and proves an integer version of the model under greedy decoding.
    — Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 4 Nov. 2026
  • Who Hosts The Shower Some people are adamant that the immediate family of a bride or parent-to-be should never host the shower, suggesting that such a move seems self-serving or like a greedy call for gifts.
    — Betsy Cribb Watson, Southern Living, 28 Oct. 2026
Definition of greedy
Adjective
  • Carpenter and King have preferred to keep their batches small and their marketing limited to word of mouth, but that word is spreading, especially across their ravenous genre-loving fan base.
    — Stephanie Breijo, Los Angeles Times, 27 Oct. 2026
  • New details continue emerging about arguably the biggest wedding of 2026, and fans are ravenous for the full scoop.
    — Allison DeGrushe, StyleCaster, 26 Oct. 2026
Definition of ravenous
Adjective
  • Authors pointed out that the romance consumer has long been a voracious reader.
    — Emma Hinchliffe, Fortune, 26 Oct. 2026
  • Because, after all, this is the same guy who was voracious about returning from the knee injury.
    — Kansas City Star, Kansas City Star, 12 Oct. 2026
Definition of voracious
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“Edacious.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/edacious. Accessed 7 Nov. 2026.

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