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voracious


 
  Grep  of  noun  voracious 
  voraciousness 
 
  Overview  of  adj  voracious 
 
  The  adj  voracious  has  2  senses  (no  senses  from  tagged  texts) 
 
  1.  rapacious,  ravening,  voracious  --  (excessively  greedy  and  grasping;  "a  rapacious  divorcee  on  the  prowl";  "ravening  creditors";  "paying  taxes  to  voracious  governments") 
  2.  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  voracious 
 
  2  senses  of  voracious 
 
  Sense  1 
  rapacious,  ravening,  voracious 
 
  INDIRECT  (VIA  acquisitive)  ->  unacquisitive 
 
  Sense  2 
  edacious,  esurient,  rapacious,  ravening,  ravenous,  voracious,  wolfish 
 
  INDIRECT  (VIA  gluttonous)  ->  abstemious 
 
  Similarity  of  adj  voracious 
 
  2  senses  of  voracious 
 
  Sense  1 
  rapacious,  ravening,  voracious 
  =>  acquisitive  (vs.  unacquisitive) 
 
  Sense  2 
  edacious,  esurient,  rapacious,  ravening,  ravenous,  voracious,  wolfish 
  =>  gluttonous  (vs.  abstemious) 
 
  Attributes  of  adj  voracious 
 
 
  Familiarity  of  adj  voracious 
 
  voracious  used  as  an  adjective  is  rare  (polysemy  count  =  2) 
 
  Grep  of  adj  voracious 
  voracious 
 
  Overview  of  adj  voracious 
 
  The  adj  voracious  has  2  senses  (no  senses  from  tagged  texts) 
 
  1.  rapacious,  ravening,  voracious  --  (excessively  greedy  and  grasping;  "a  rapacious  divorcee  on  the  prowl";  "ravening  creditors";  "paying  taxes  to  voracious  governments") 
  2.  edacious,  esurient,  rapacious,  ravening,  ravenous,  voracious,  wolfish  --  (devouring  or  craving  food  in  great  quantities;  "edacious  vultures";  "a  rapacious  appetite";  "ravenous  as  wolves";  "voracious  sharks") 



voracious definition