ESURIENT Synonyms: 35 Similar and Opposite Words

esurient

adjective

i-ˈsu̇r-ē-ənt

Definition of esurient

as in greedy

having a huge appetite the deli is frequented by young, single professionals, esurient after those long hours spent staring at the monitor of a computer

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Her former research partner has absconded with her life’s work, presumably to put toward greedy human means of Manifest Destiny.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 1 Oct. 2026
Digger follows greedy, careless Digger as his company inadvertently catalyzes a disaster with global repercussions—then, whoopsie, sets off another for good measure.

— Hillary Busis, Vanity Fair, 29 Sep. 2026

Definition of greedy

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After a rancher’s dog discovered a ferret colony in Wyoming, scientists rallied to save the species nearly undone by humans’ ravenous expansion.

— Shi En Kim, AZCentral.com, 21 Sep. 2026
The Grampus went adrift, and its ravenous crew was never heard from again—until now.

— Staff Report, Hartford Courant, 16 Sep. 2026

Definition of ravenous

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Unfurling through the grand midcentury Grill room was a snaking, glamorously gluttonous serpentine buffet that stretched from entrance to their 20-foot tall windows.

— Elise Taylor, Vanity Fair, 2 Oct. 2026
America’s Semiquincentennial was celebrated across the country this summer with big, dumb, gluttonous fun.

— Jessica Winter, New Yorker, 21 Aug. 2026

Definition of gluttonous

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Sarandos was a voracious consumer of movies and television, a passion that stretched back to his days working at home-video stores.

— Preston Fore, Fortune, 29 Sep. 2026
The government, unable and unwilling to check their most voracious citizens and appetites, failed to tame the frontier.

— J. B. MacKinnon, Harpers Magazine, 29 Sep. 2026

Definition of voracious

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Private investors often tell more diverse stories, take more risks and try to reach an audience that is hungry for content, said Lata Krishnan, a tech investor entering the Hollywood market.

— Laya Neelakandan, CNBC, 3 Oct. 2026
The opening two contests couldn’t have gone much worse for the Hawks, and a hungry Sabres team awaits them in Buffalo on Saturday.

— Kalen Lumpkins, Chicago Tribune, 2 Oct. 2026

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