| ADJECTIVE | all | voracious, rapacious, ravening | excessively greedy and grasping |
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| all | voracious, edacious, esurient, rapacious, ravening, ravenous, wolfish | devouring or craving food in great quantities |
| Sounds | vaorey'shahs | |
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| Rhymes | abacus ... zealous: 1164 rhymes with ahs... | |
| Meaning | excessively greedy and grasping. | |
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| Example | "paying taxes to voracious governments" | |
| Synonyms | rapacious, ravening | |
| Broader | acquisitive | eager to acquire and possess things especially material possessions or ideas |
| Spanish | rapaz, voraz | |
| Catalan | rapaç, voraç | |
| Nouns | voraciousness | an excessive desire for wealth (usually in large amounts) |
| Meaning | devouring or craving food in great quantities. | |
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| Example | "voracious sharks" | |
| Synonyms | edacious, esurient, rapacious, ravening, ravenous, wolfish | |
| Broader | gluttonous | Given to excess in consumption of especially food or drink |
| Spanish | sanguinario, voraz | |
| Catalan | afamat, voraç | |
| Nouns | voracity, voraciousness | extreme / extreme gluttony |
| voracity, voraciousness | excessive desire to eat | |
| Adverbs | voraciously | in an eagerly voracious manner |
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