pred·a·to·ry (pr d  -tôr  , -t r)adj. 1. Living by preying on other organisms: a predatory mammal; a predatory insect. 2. a. Of, relating to, or characterized by plundering, pillaging, or marauding. b. Living by or given to exploiting or destroying others for one's own gain. [Latin praed  trius, plundering, from praedr , to plunder, from praeda, booty; see ghend- in Indo-European roots.]pred a·tori·ly adv.pred a·tori·ness n. |
predatory [pred-a-tree]
Adjective
1. (of animals) habitually hunting and killing other animals for food
2. eager to gain at the expense of others [Latin praedari to pillage]
ThesaurusLegend: Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
| Adj. | 1. | predatory - characterized by plundering or pillaging or marauding; "bands of marauding Indians"; "predatory warfare"; "a raiding party" offensive - for the purpose of attack rather than defense; "offensive weapons" |
| 2. |  predatory - living by preying on other animals especially by catching living prey; "a predatory bird"; "the rapacious wolf"; "raptorial birds"; "ravening wolves"; "a vulturine taste for offal"aggressive - having or showing determination and energetic pursuit of your ends; "an aggressive businessman"; "an aggressive basketball player"; "he was aggressive and imperious; positive in his convictions"; "aggressive drivers" | |
| 3. | predatory - living by or given to victimizing others for personal gain; "predatory capitalists"; "a predatory, insensate society in which innocence and decency can prove fatal"- Peter S. Prescott; "a predacious kind of animal--the early geological gangster"- W.E.Swinton acquisitive - eager to acquire and possess things especially material possessions or ideas; "an acquisitive mind"; "an acquisitive society in which the craving for material things seems never satisfied" |
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