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voracious

adjective

Synonyms and Antonyms of voracious

1 having a huge appetite

  • it seemed like the voracious kitten was eating her weight in food every day
Synonyms of voracious

edacious, esurient, gluttonous, greedy, hoggish, piggish, rapacious, ravenous, swinish
Words Related to voracious

hearty, wolfish

devouring, gobbling, gorging, gormandizing, gulping

insatiable, unquenchable, unslakable

empty, famished, hungry, peckish [chiefly British], starved, starving

malnourished, underfed, undernourished
Near Antonyms of voracious

content, full, glutted, sated, satiated, satisfied, stuffed

2 showing urgent desire or interest

  • a voracious reader
Synonyms of voracious

agog, antsy, anxious, ardent, athirst, avid, crazy, desirous, eager, enthused, enthusiastic, excited, geeked [slang], great, greedy, gung ho, hepped up, hopped-up, hot, hungry, impatient, juiced, keen, nuts, pumped, raring, solicitous, stoked [slang], thirsty, wild
Words Related to voracious

engaged, interested

happy, hung up, obsessed

ambitious, appetent, covetous, craving, hankering, longing, pining

breathless, restive, restless

amenable, disposed, game, glad, inclined, ready, unreluctant, willing
Phrases Synonymous with voracious

champing at the bit, chomping at the bit
Near Antonyms of voracious

casual, incurious, insouciant, nonchalant, unconcerned, uninterested

aloof, detached, disinterested

impassive, stolid

halfhearted, lackadaisical, languid, languorous, lukewarm, spiritless

averse, disinclined, hesitant, loath (also loth), reluctant, unwilling
Antonyms of voracious

apathetic, indifferent, uneager, unenthusiastic

Synonym Discussion of voracious

voracious, gluttonous, ravenous, rapacious mean excessively greedy. voracious applies especially to habitual gorging with food or drink.
    • teenagers are often voracious eaters
gluttonous applies to one who delights in eating or acquiring things especially beyond the point of necessity or satiety.
    • an admiral who was gluttonous for glory
ravenous implies excessive hunger and suggests violent or grasping methods of dealing with food or with whatever satisfies an appetite.
    • a nation with a ravenous lust for territorial expansion
rapacious often suggests excessive and utterly selfish acquisitiveness or avarice.
    • rapacious developers indifferent to environmental concerns

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