voracious
Adjective Satellite
- excessively greedy and grasping
- "paying taxes to voracious governments"
- devouring or craving food in great quantities
- "voracious sharks"
Adj
- Wanting or devouring great quantities of food.
- Having a great appetite for anything; eager.
Examples
- a voracious reader
- He is voracious by suppertime.
- His appetite is voracious by suppertime.
Origin / Etymology
From Latin vorāx, from vorō (“I devour”).
Synonyms
edacious, esurient, rapacious, ravening, ravenous, wolfish, cormorant, eager, gluttonous, gutfoundered, hungry as a hog, insatiable, lupine, pantagruelian, voracious
Antonyms
Scrabble Score: 14
voracious: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Wordvoracious: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
voracious: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary