avidav‧id /ˈævɪd/ adjective [only before noun] 
Word Origin
an avid collector of old jazz records an avid reader
Word OriginWORD ORIGINavid
ExamplesOrigin:
1700-1800 French avide, from Latin avidus, from avere; ➔ AVARICEEXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES
Thesaurus- As a keen writer and avid newspaper reader, Jenny had always wanted to be a journalist.
- Tim's father is an avid collector of old blues and jazz records.
- Factors fueling the avid interest in e-commerce run the gamut of the business process.
- He took avid notes as Father Campbell outlined the program for the week.
- His ballgame companion, Marge Locke, is just as avid a fan.
- His own father had been an avid ornithologist, so his aunt had told him.
THESAURUS► enthusiastic
Collocations feeling or showing a lot of interest or excitement about something: · He’s really enthusiastic about his new job.· An enthusiastic crowd cheered the team onto the pitch.
► eager wanting to do something or know about something very soon: · He was eager to hear every detail of her day.· She was always eager for her turn on the catwalk.· The room was full of eager young faces.· We waited in eager anticipation.
► keen eager to work or learn: · She hasn’t much experience but she’s very keen.· John was a keen student who worked very hard.
► zealous doing something in a very enthusiastic way, especially supporting something or making sure that people obey rules: · She was a zealous supporter of the revolution.· The company has been extremely zealous in defending its interests.· Officials have been very zealous in the application of the new regulations.
► avid [only before noun] written used when you want to emphasize that someone does something a lot or is very interested in something: · an avid golfer· She was an avid reader all her life.· I’ve become an avid collector of his work.· Henry is an avid fan of the sport.· As a schoolboy he had an avid interest in birds.
► fervent written believing or feeling something very strongly and sincerely: · Galinsoga was one of Franco’s most fervent supporters.· One of Allen 's fervent admirers was Richard Nixon.· her fervent belief in promoting the work of good women artists
► be mad about something British English informal to like something very much and be very interested in it: · My sister’s mad about horses.· Since you’re so mad about clothes, you can help me choose a wedding dress.
► can’t wait to do something to be very eager to do something: · I can’t wait to get started.
► be looking forward to something to feel pleased and excited because you know that something is going to happen soon: · I’m looking forward to the vacation.
Longman Language Activatorsomeone who enjoys something very much► avid: avid reader/collector/listener someone who enjoys reading, collecting something etc, and does it with great interest: · Tim's father is an avid collector of old blues and jazz records.· As a keen writer and avid newspaper reader, Jenny had always wanted to be a journalist.
► keen British: keen gardener/sportsman/golfer/painter etc someone who enjoys gardening, sport etc so much that they spend a lot of their free time doing it: · Goethe was a keen amateur geologist.· Paul, a keen sportsman, prided himself on his level of fitness.
► great: great traveller/reader/talker etc someone who has an eager, lively interest in travelling, reading etc, so that they do it as often as they can: · Thesiger was a great traveller, especially in Arabia and Africa.be a great one for something British: · I was never really a great one for sport as a child.
someone who reads a lot► voracious/avid reader also great/keen reader British someone who enjoys reading and reads a lot: · I was an avid reader as a child.· My grandchildren are great readers, so I always give them books for their birthday.voracious/avid reader of: · Along with being an expert in business law, Martin is a voracious reader of detective stories.
► bookworm informal someone who spends a lot of time reading: · I was a real bookworm when I was a child.· an ideal gift for the bookworm in the family
► well-read someone who is well-read has read a lot of books, often the most important or famous books, and has learned a lot of information from them: · Charles was a well-read and highly educated man.well-read in: · Although Jack stopped his studies at 19, he was very well-read, especially in the classics.
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES► an avid/voracious reader
doing something as much as possible SYN keen: (=someone who eagerly reads a lot of books)· She was an avid reader of historical novels.
COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSADVERB► most· And the sumptuous pictures will satisfy the most avid architectural enthusiast.· It was recent history Goreng was most avid for.· Not a city but a metropolis, with enough mazy back streets and alleys and passageways to satisfy the most avid intriguer.· Even the most avid mycologists dislike being shot over a chanterelle.
NOUN► interest· She took such an avid interest in all that her daughter was doing that it became stressful.· Factors fueling the avid interest in e-commerce run the gamut of the business process.· He took an avid interest in the school play, the debating society, the Grotonian literary magazine.
► reader· I am an avid reader of your magazine and eagerly look forward to each month's issue.· Many become avid readers, work-out maniacs or bingo fanatics during the six months away from home.· I have long been a avid reader of books about islands.· But now she was an avid reader who liked nothing better than to haunt old bookstores.· The library was a room which the Empress used constantly, for she was all her life an avid reader.· Reagan was an avid reader of the conservative monthly Kuman Events, and frequently quoted from it at length.
an avid collector of old jazz records an avid reader