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Rapacious

/ɹəˈpeɪ.ʃəs/

Voracious; avaricious.

📖 Definitions of "Rapacious"

adjective

13 synonyms found via WordNet and Google Books.

Word	Definition
esurientnoun	(formal, now often humorous) Very greedy or hungry; ravenous; (figuratively) avid, eager.
ravenous	Very hungry.
voracious	(of a person or their appetite) Wanting or devouring great quantities of food.
aggressivenoun	Characterized by aggression; highly combative; prone to behave in a way that involves attacking (especially if unjustly) or arguing.
raveningnoun	Voracious and greedy.
acquisitive	Able or disposed to make acquisitions; acquiring, greedy.
edacious	(literary) Having an insatiable appetite; voracious; ravenous; piggish.
gluttonous	Given to excessive eating; prone to overeating.
vulturous	Having the characteristics of a vulture, especially in being rapacious, greedy, or scavenging.
raptorial	Like or resembling a raptor; seizing or plundering, like a bird of prey.
wolfish	Suggestive or characteristic of a wolf.
vulturine	Pertaining to or having characteristics of vultures.
predatory	Living by preying on other living animals.

Found via reverse dictionary — words that share a conceptual meaning.

Word	Definition
ravening	Voracious and greedy.
edaciousnoun	(literary) Having an insatiable appetite; voracious; ravenous; piggish.
ravenous	Very hungry.
voracious	(of a person or their appetite) Wanting or devouring great quantities of food.
gluttonous	Given to excessive eating; prone to overeating.
esurientnoun	(formal, now often humorous) Very greedy or hungry; ravenous; (figuratively) avid, eager.
predatory	Living by preying on other living animals.
aggressive	Characterized by aggression; highly combative; prone to behave in a way that involves attacking (especially if unjustly) or arguing.
wolfish	Suggestive or characteristic of a wolf.
acquisitive	Able or disposed to make acquisitions; acquiring, greedy.
vulturous	Having the characteristics of a vulture, especially in being rapacious, greedy, or scavenging.
raptorial	Like or resembling a raptor; seizing or plundering, like a bird of prey.
vulturine	Pertaining to or having characteristics of vultures.
greedy	Having greed; consumed by selfish desires.
avaricious	Actuated by avarice; extremely greedy for wealth or material gain; immoderately desirous of accumulating property.
avarous	(uncommon) Avaricious.
avidious	(obsolete) avid; eager; greedy.
overavaricious	Excessively avaricious.
covetous	Distastefully keen or desirous, especially for something belonging to someone else; avaricious.
ravinnoun	(obsolete) Food obtained by violence; plunder; prey; raven.