Synonyms for voracious
vɔˈreɪ ʃəs, voʊ-, və-vo·ra·cious

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1. voracious

   Synonyms:
   hungry, absorbent, ravenous, rapacious, insatiate, omnivorous, gormandizing

   Antonyms:
   epicurean, squeamish, fastidious, delicate, dainty, nice

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1. rapacious, ravening, voraciousadjective

   excessively greedy and grasping

   "a rapacious divorcee on the prowl"; "ravening creditors"; "paying taxes to voracious governments"

   Synonyms:
   wolfish, rapacious, vulturine, raptorial, esurient, ravenous, edacious, predatory, ravening, vulturous

   Antonyms:
   unacquisitive, abstemious

2. edacious, esurient, rapacious, ravening, ravenous, voracious, wolfishadjective

   devouring or craving food in great quantities

   "edacious vultures"; "a rapacious appetite"; "ravenous as wolves"; "voracious sharks"

   Synonyms:
   esurient, wolflike, starved, famished, vulturous, sharp-set, rapacious, greedy, raptorial, predatory, edacious, ravenous, wolfish, avid, devouring(a), ravening, vulturine

   Antonyms:
   unacquisitive, abstemious

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1. voraciousadjective

   Synonyms:
   ravenous, greedy, rapacious, insatiable, insatiate

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1. voraciousadjective

   Synonyms:
   rapacious, ravenous, insatiable, fierce, gluttonous, cormorant

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1. List of paraphrases for "voracious":

   ravenous, rapacious, avid, greedy

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How to use voracious in a sentence?

1. Cyril Ferrand:

   They are very active, very voracious, and very mobile, ...If we don't have pesticides, our planes cannot fly and people cannot spray and if we are not able to control these swarms, we will have big damage to crops.

2. Rebeca Blanco-Grijalva:

   I am a third-grade teacher in an impoverished elementary school, my students are inquisitive, voracious readers who are craving to discover the newest adventure in their favorite book series.

3. Robert Bakker:

   I want to find a voracious, small-minded predator and name it after the IRS.

4. Jody Thomas:

   China has a voracious appetite and will stop at nothing to feed itself, and the Arctic is one of the last domains and regions left, and we have to understand it and exploit it — and more quickly than they can exploit it, nobody would invest the kind of money inbuilding up the military capacity in the Arcticwithout reason, intent or purpose.

5. John Kim:

   Whether it be from the private sector, government or even middle market firms, this expansion is strategic and long-term focused, the appetite is particularly voracious for technology, media, healthcare and financial services, and for the foreseeable future it won't be going away.