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. Meghan Markle:

   He has a voracious appetite for books, when we read him a book he goes ‘again, again, again!’.

2. Matt Williams:

   Owls are voracious predators that hunt mostly at night using a very keen sense of hearing to help locate their prey.

3. Robert Bakker:

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

4. 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.

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.