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 [vɒˈreɪʃəs]

adj

1. devouring or craving food in great quantities

2. very eager or unremitting in some activity voracious reading

[from Latin vorāx swallowing greedily, from vorāre to devour]

voraciously  adv

voracity  [vɒˈræsɪtɪ], voraciousness 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 For their size, stoats are voracious predators.

2. avid, prodigious, insatiable, uncontrolled, rapacious, unquenchable He was a voracious reader.
avid moderate, temperate, self-controlled

Translations

voracious [vəˈreɪʃəs] ADJ [appetite, person, animal] → voraz (fig) [reader] → insaciable, ávido

voracious [vəˈreɪʃəs] adj

[reader, collector] → avide

[eater, appetite] → vorace

voracious

adj person → gefräßig; collector → besessen; she is a voracious reader → sie verschlingt die Bücher geradezu; to be a voracious eater → Unmengen vertilgen; to have a voracious appetite → einen Riesenappetit haben

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