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[ vaw-rey-shuhs, voh-, vuh- ] / vɔˈreɪ ʃəs, voʊ-, və- / SEE SYNONYMS FOR voracious ON THESAURUS.COM
adjectivecraving or consuming large quantities of food: a voracious appetite. exceedingly eager or avid: voracious readers; a voracious collector. Origin of voraciousFirst recorded in 1625–35; voraci(ty) + -ous SYNONYMS FOR voraciousSEE SYNONYMS FOR voracious ON THESAURUS.COM synonym study for voracious1. See ravenous. OTHER WORDS FROM voraciousvo·ra·cious·ly, adverbvo·ra·cious·ness, nounun·vo·ra·cious, adjectiveun·vo·ra·cious·ly, adverb un·vo·ra·cious·ness, noun WORDS THAT MAY BE CONFUSED WITH voraciousveracious, vociferous, voracious Words nearby voraciousvoorkamer, voorskot, Voortrekker, VOR, -vora, voracious, voracity, Vorarlberg, -vore, Vorkuta, Vorlage Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for voraciousSeething and voracious, it absorbs eight dinner-plate-size helpings every few seconds. An Unexpected Twist Lights Up the Secrets of Turbulence|David H. Freedman|September 3, 2020|Quanta Magazine When it comes to the impact on how people search, we’ve seen that consumers’ appetite for information is as voracious as ever. SEO in the second half of 2020: Five search opportunities to act on now|Jim Yu|August 17, 2020|Search Engine Watch The sexual appetites of the popes were often just as voracious. Great Renaissance Art Thrived Amid Filth|Nick Romeo|December 3, 2014|DAILY BEAST So, if his father was like that, and Cumming shares his voracious sexual appetite, how does he behave differently? Alan Cumming: The Truth About My Father|Tim Teeman|October 14, 2014|DAILY BEAST
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British Dictionary definitions for voracious
adjectivedevouring or craving food in great quantities very eager or unremitting in some activityvoracious reading Derived forms of voraciousvoraciously, adverbvoracity (vɒˈræsɪtɪ) or voraciousness, nounWord Origin for voraciousC17: from Latin vorāx swallowing greedily, from vorāre to devour Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Words related to voraciousrapacious, ravenous, insatiable, avid, prodigious, covetous, devouring, empty, gluttonous, grasping, gross, omnivorous, starved, uncontrolled, edacious, gorging, piggy, ravening, sating, unquenchable |