Grep of noun rapacious
rapaciousness
Overview of adj rapacious
The adj rapacious has 3 senses (no senses from tagged texts)
1. predatory, rapacious, raptorial, ravening, vulturine, vulturous -- (living by preying on other animals especially by catching living prey; "a predatory bird"; "the rapacious wolf"; "raptorial birds"; "ravening wolves"; "a vulturine taste for offal")
2. rapacious, ravening, voracious -- (excessively greedy and grasping; "a rapacious divorcee on the prowl"; "ravening creditors"; "paying taxes to voracious governments")
3. edacious, esurient, rapacious, ravening, ravenous, voracious, wolfish -- (devouring or craving food in great quantities; "edacious vultures"; "a rapacious appetite"; "ravenous as wolves"; "voracious sharks")
Antonyms of adj rapacious
3 senses of rapacious
Sense 1
predatory, rapacious, raptorial, ravening, vulturine, vulturous
INDIRECT (VIA aggressive) -> unaggressive, nonaggressive
Sense 2
rapacious, ravening, voracious
INDIRECT (VIA acquisitive) -> unacquisitive
Sense 3
edacious, esurient, rapacious, ravening, ravenous, voracious, wolfish
INDIRECT (VIA gluttonous) -> abstemious
Similarity of adj rapacious
3 senses of rapacious
Sense 1
predatory, rapacious, raptorial, ravening, vulturine, vulturous
=> aggressive (vs. unaggressive)
Sense 2
rapacious, ravening, voracious
=> acquisitive (vs. unacquisitive)
Sense 3
edacious, esurient, rapacious, ravening, ravenous, voracious, wolfish
=> gluttonous (vs. abstemious)
Attributes of adj rapacious
Familiarity of adj rapacious
rapacious used as an adjective is uncommon (polysemy count = 3)
Grep of adj rapacious
rapacious
Overview of adj rapacious
The adj rapacious has 3 senses (no senses from tagged texts)
1. predatory, rapacious, raptorial, ravening, vulturine, vulturous -- (living by preying on other animals especially by catching living prey; "a predatory bird"; "the rapacious wolf"; "raptorial birds"; "ravening wolves"; "a vulturine taste for offal")
2. rapacious, ravening, voracious -- (excessively greedy and grasping; "a rapacious divorcee on the prowl"; "ravening creditors"; "paying taxes to voracious governments")
3. edacious, esurient, rapacious, ravening, ravenous, voracious, wolfish -- (devouring or craving food in great quantities; "edacious vultures"; "a rapacious appetite"; "ravenous as wolves"; "voracious sharks")
rapacious definition
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