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Synonyms for ravening
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Princeton's WordNet
predatory, rapacious, raptorial, ravening, vulturine, vulturousadjective
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"
Synonyms:
wolfish, rapacious, marauding, vulturine, predacious, raptorial, esurient, ravenous, voracious, edacious, predaceous, predatory, raiding, vulturousAntonyms:
nonaggressive, unaggressive, abstemious, unacquisitiverapacious, 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, voracious, edacious, predatory, vulturousAntonyms:
nonaggressive, abstemious, unaggressive, unacquisitiveedacious, 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, voracious, ravenous, wolfish, avid, devouring(a), vulturineAntonyms:
unacquisitive, nonaggressive, abstemious, unaggressive
Dictionary of English Synonymes
raveningadjective
Synonyms:
RAVENOUS
Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words
raveningadjective
Synonyms:
rapacious, insatiable, predatory, ferocious
Words popularity by usage frequency
ranking | word | |
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#12315 | avid | |
#18694 | greedy | |
#28529 | predatory | |
#30333 | starved | |
#53157 | raiding | |
#65061 | voracious | |
#65151 | ravenous | |
#89522 | marauding | |
#108194 | rapacious | |
#113562 | famished | |
#190114 | wolfish | |
#212898 | ravening | |
#298779 | predaceous |
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