voracious

vo·ra·cious  (vô-rshs, v-)

adj.

1. Consuming or eager to consume great amounts of food; ravenous.

2. Having or marked by an insatiable appetite for an activity or pursuit; greedy: a voracious reader.

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[From Latin vorx, vorc-, from vorre, to swallow, devour.]

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vo·racious·ly adv.

vo·raci·ty (-rs-t), vo·racious·ness (-rshs-ns) n.

Synonyms: voracious, gluttonous, rapacious, ravenous
These adjectives mean having or marked by boundless greed: a voracious reader of history; a gluttonous consumer of fine foods; a rapacious acquirer of competing businesses; a politician ravenous for power.

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voracious

Adjective

1. eating or craving great quantities of food

2. very eager or insatiable in some activity: a voracious collector [Latin vorare to devour]

voraciously adv
voracity n

Thesaurus

Adj.	1.	voracious - excessively greedy and grasping; "a rapacious divorcee on the prowl"; "ravening creditors"; "paying taxes to voracious governments" rapacious, ravening 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"
	2.	voracious - devouring or craving food in great quantities; "edacious vultures"; "a rapacious appetite"; "ravenous as wolves"; "voracious sharks" edacious, ravenous, wolfish, esurient, rapacious, ravening gluttonous - given to excess in consumption of especially food or drink; "over-fed women and their gluttonous husbands"; "a gluttonous debauch"; "a gluttonous appetite for food and praise and pleasure"

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voracious

adjective 1. gluttonous, insatiable, ravenous, hungry, greedy, ravening, devouring

adjective 2. avid, prodigious, insatiable, uncontrolled, rapacious, unquenchable << OPPOSITE moderate

Translations

voracious [vəˈreɪʃəs] adj → voraz; [reader] → ávido

voracious [vəˈreɪʃəs] adj → vorace; [reader] → avide

voracious [vəˈreɪʃəs] adj [person] → gefräßig;

voracious appetite → Riesenappetit m

voracious [vəˈreɪʃəs] adj [appetite] → smisurato/a; [reader] → avido/a