voracious, gluttonous, ravenous, rapacious mean excessively greedy. voracious applies especially to habitual gorging with food or drink.

VORACIOUS definition: 1. very eager for something, especially a lot of food: 2. very eager for something, especially a…. Learn more.

VORACIOUS definition: craving or consuming large quantities of food. See examples of voracious used in a sentence.

If you describe a person, or their appetite for something, as voracious, you mean that they want a lot of something.

Definition of voracious adjective in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.

1. Consuming or eager to consume great amounts of food; ravenous. 2. Having or marked by a strong desire for an activity or pursuit: a voracious reader.

Voracious is an adjective used to describe a wolflike appetite. It might be a craving for food or for something else, such as power, but the word usually denotes an unflattering greediness. …

4 days ago · Adjective voracious (comparative more voracious, superlative most voracious) (of a person or their appetite) Wanting or devouring great quantities of food.

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024 vo•ra•cious (vô rā′ shəs, vō-, və-), adj. craving or consuming large quantities of food: a voracious appetite. …

VORACIOUS meaning: having or showing a tendency to eat very large amounts of food often used figuratively