voracious | Definition of voracious

Synonyms and Antonyms of voracious

1 having a huge appetite

it seemed like the voracious kitten was eating her weight in food every day

Synonyms of voracious

edacious, esurient, gluttonous, greedy, hoggish, piggish, rapacious, ravenous, swinish

Words Related to voracious

hearty, wolfish

devouring, gobbling, gorging, gormandizing, gulping

insatiable, unquenchable, unslakable

empty, famished, hungry, peckish [chiefly British], starved, starving

malnourished, underfed, undernourished

Near Antonyms of voracious

content, full, glutted, sated, satiated, satisfied, stuffed

2 showing urgent desire or interest

a voracious reader

Synonyms of voracious

agog, antsy, anxious, ardent, athirst, avid, crazy, desirous, eager, enthused, enthusiastic, excited, geeked [slang], great, greedy, gung ho, hepped up, hopped-up, hot, hungry, impatient, juiced, keen, nuts, pumped, raring, solicitous, stoked [slang], thirsty, wild

Words Related to voracious

engaged, interested

happy, hung up, obsessed

ambitious, appetent, covetous, craving, hankering, longing, pining

breathless, restive, restless

amenable, disposed, game, glad, inclined, ready, unreluctant, willing

Phrases Synonymous with voracious

champing at the bit, chomping at the bit

Near Antonyms of voracious

casual, incurious, insouciant, nonchalant, unconcerned, uninterested

aloof, detached, disinterested

impassive, stolid

halfhearted, lackadaisical, languid, languorous, lukewarm, spiritless

averse, disinclined, hesitant, loath (also loth), reluctant, unwilling

Antonyms of voracious

apathetic, indifferent, uneager, unenthusiastic