Synonyms of voracious

voracious

adjective

vȯ-ˈrā-shəs 

1

as in greedy

having a huge appetite

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

Synonyms & Similar Words

• greedy
• ravenous
• hungry
• gluttonous
• rapacious
• starving
• starved
• piggish
• hoggish
• edacious
• swinish
• insatiable
• esurient
• wolfish
• devouring
• unquenchable
• gobbling
• hearty
• famished
• gulping
• gorging
• gormandizing
• malnourished
• peckish
• underfed
• undernourished
• unslakable
• empty

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• satisfied
• full
• content
• stuffed
• sated
• satiated
• glutted

2

as in avid

showing urgent desire or interest

a voracious reader

Synonyms & Similar Words

• avid
• enthusiastic
• excited
• eager
• ardent
• hungry
• anxious
• keen
• greedy
• impatient
• pumped
• thirsty
• desirous
• solicitous
• interested
• antsy
• nuts
• happy
• agog
• great
• ready
• juiced
• crazy
• wild
• gung ho
• enthused
• stoked
• hopped-up
• willing
• geeked
• athirst
• hot
• raring
• obsessed
• bonkers
• champing at the bit
• engaged
• gaga
• hepped up
• chomping at the bit
• ambitious
• covetous
• longing
• restless
• restive
• pining
• craving
• breathless
• glad
• hankering
• amenable
• disposed
• inclined
• appetent
• game
• hung up
• unreluctant

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• indifferent
• apathetic
• casual
• unenthusiastic
• uninterested
• unconcerned
• disinterested
• nonchalant
• insouciant
• incurious
• aloof
• detached
• stolid
• reluctant
• impassive
• unwilling
• languid
• lackadaisical
• uneager
• averse
• languorous
• lukewarm
• spiritless
• hesitant
• halfhearted
• loath
• disinclined

Synonym Chooser

How is the word voracious different from other adjectives like it?

Some common synonyms of voracious are gluttonous, rapacious, and ravenous. While all these words mean "excessively greedy," voracious applies especially to habitual gorging with food or drink.

teenagers are often voracious eaters

When could gluttonous be used to replace voracious?

In some situations, the words gluttonous and voracious are roughly equivalent. However, 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

When can rapacious be used instead of voracious?

While the synonyms rapacious and voracious are close in meaning, rapacious often suggests excessive and utterly selfish acquisitiveness or avarice.

rapacious developers indifferent to environmental concerns

When might ravenous be a better fit than voracious?

While in some cases nearly identical to voracious, 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

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of voracious

Resilient global growth, sticky inflation, voracious private and government demand for debt, central banks unwilling to look through high oil prices, vague but palpable fiscal worries. — Michael Santoli, CNBC, 29 Sep. 2026

With their sharp claws and powerful hind legs, skunks are voracious diggers. — Michelle Mastro, Martha Stewart, 24 Sep. 2026

Smith, whose second book in the The Rose Bargain doubled the sales of the first, proving her audience’s voracious appetite, says this is a book that’s been a long time coming. — Lizz Schumer, PEOPLE, 16 Sep. 2026

The public outrage over data centers, which the Post said has inspired 375 bills in state legislatures so far, embodies a concern far beyond their voracious demands for land, electricity and water. — Orlando Sentinel, The Orlando Sentinel, 8 Sep. 2026

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