voracious
adj/vɔːˈɹeɪ.ʃəs/
Etymology
From Latin vorāx, from vorō (“to devour”).
- derived from vorāx
Definitions
Wanting or devouring great quantities of food.
- He is voracious by suppertime.
- His appetite is voracious by suppertime.
- I never had so much as […] one wish to God to direct me whither I should go, or to keep me from the danger which apparently surrounded me, as well from voracious creatures as cruel savages.
Having a great appetite for anything
Having a great appetite for anything; eager.
- a voracious reader
- Methodical and voracious, these hackers wanted all the files they could find.
The neighborhood
- synonymcormorant
- synonymedacious
- synonymesurient
- synonymgluttonous
- synonymgutfoundered
- synonymhungry as a hog
- synonyminsatiable
- synonymlupine
- synonympantagruelian
- synonymrapacious
- synonymravening
- synonymravenous
- antonymabstemious
- antonymunvoracious
- neighbordevouring
- neighboromnivorous
- neighborvoracity
- neighborgreed
- neighborglutton
- neighborgreedy
- neighborhungry
Derived
Vish — recursive loop
A definitional loop anchored at voracious. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.
A definitional loop anchored at voracious. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.
5 hops · closes at voracious
curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.
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