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. 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. Matt Williams:

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

4. Robert Bakker:

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

5. 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.