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rapacious |
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")
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