voracious
/və'reiʃəs/
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Definition
- Adjective:
- Having a huge appetite; eating large quantities of food: Describes consuming or desiring to consume food greedily and in great amounts.
- Excessively eager or greedy: Describes an insatiable desire or hunger for something non-physical, such as knowledge, power, or activity.
Examples of Usage
Literal (Appetite for food):
- The voracious shark consumed the bait in one bite.
- After the marathon, he had a voracious appetite.
Figurative (Eagerness for non-food things):
- She is a voracious reader, finishing several books a week.
- The company has a voracious demand for raw materials.
Advanced Usage
- "Voracious consumer of...": An extremely eager and constant user of something.
- The algorithm is a voracious consumer of data.
- "Voracious curiosity": An intense, insatiable desire to know or learn.
- His voracious curiosity led him to explore many scientific fields.
Variants and Related Words
- Voraciously (adverb): In a voracious manner.
- He read voraciously throughout his childhood.
- Voracity (noun): The quality or state of being voracious.
- The voracity of the media's coverage was overwhelming.
Synonyms
- Ravenous: Extremely hungry (often with a sense of urgency).
- Insatiable: Impossible to satisfy.
- Rapacious: Excessively grasping or greedy (often for money or possessions).
- Gluttonous: Excessively greedy in eating.
Related Phrases
- "Voracious appetite for...": A very strong and constant desire for something.
- The startup had a voracious appetite for venture capital.
- "Feed a voracious habit": To supply something that satisfies a constant, consuming need.
- Social media feeds our voracious habit for new content.
Adjective
- devouring or craving food in great quantities
- edacious vultures
- a rapacious appetite
- ravenous as wolves
- voracious sharks
- excessively greedy and grasping
- a rapacious divorcee on the prowl
- ravening creditors
- paying taxes to voracious governments