voracious as an adjective: - 1
- 2
voracious
adjective
1 voracious
Excessively greedy and grasping:
— Paying taxes to voracious governments.
synonyms: rapacious, ravening.
2 voracious
Devouring or craving food in great quantities:
— Voracious sharks.
synonyms: edacious, esurient, rapacious, ravening, ravenous, wolfish.
Roget 817a:
greedy,
avaricious,
covetous,
acquisitive,
grasping;
rapacious;
lickerish†.
greedy as a hog;
overeager;
voracious;
ravenous,
ravenous as a wolf;
openmouthed,
extortionate,
exacting,
sordid†,
alieni appetens [Lat.];
insatiable,
insatiate;
unquenchable,
quenchless;
omnivorous.
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Polish: łakomy, łasy
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