If you describe a person, or their appetite for something, as voracious, you mean that they want a lot of something.
[literary]
Joseph Smith was a voracious book collector.
...the band's voracious appetite for fun.
voraciouslyadverb
He read voraciously.
More Synonyms of voracious
voracious in British English
(vɒˈreɪʃəs)
adjective
1.
devouring or craving food in great quantities
2.
very eager or unremitting in some activity
voracious reading
Derived forms
voraciously (voˈraciously)
adverb
voracity (vɒˈræsɪtɪ) or voraciousness (voˈraciousness)
noun
Word origin
C17: from Latin vorāx swallowing greedily, from vorāre to devour
voracious in American English
(vɔˈreɪʃəs; vəˈreɪʃəs)
adjective
1.
greedy in eating; devouring or eager to devour large quantities of food; ravenous; gluttonous
2.
very greedy or eager in some desire or pursuit; insatiable
a voracious reader
Derived forms
voraciously (voˈraciously)
adverb
voracity (voˈracity) (vɔˈræsəti; vəˈræsəti)
noun or voˈraciousness
Word origin
L vorax (gen. voracis), greedy to devour < vorare, to devour < IE base *gwer-, to devour, gorge > Gr bora, food (of carnivorous beasts), L gurges, gorge
Examples of 'voracious' in a sentence
voracious
He had an inquiring intellect, a voracious appetite for science and a direct involvement in the operation of government.
Times, Sunday Times (2017)
Our biggest chains have voracious appetites and are hungry for more.
Joanna Blythman SHOPPED: The Shocking Power of British Supermarkets (2004)
One reason is the voracious world demand for timber.
Times, Sunday Times (2009)
The magazine had a voracious appetite.
Judd, Alan Ford Madox Ford (1990)
The one thing handed down by my father and father-in-law is a voracious love of reading.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
He's just voracious in his appetite for learning.
Frederic Alan Maxwell BAD BOY BALLMER (2002)
China's economic growth has made it an increasingly voracious consumer of what it recycles.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
His teaching skills came to the fore in fine lectures and addresses, which reflected his voracious reading.
Times, Sunday Times (2009)
Betting companies have not merely benefited from the voracious appetite of sports to take their dollar, but also from technology.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
Almost as wide as he was tall, he had a voracious appetite for food and drink and a rollicking personality to match.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
The result is a cross section of voracious consumers who rapidly acquired a reputation for being buyers of logo'd bling rather than discerning connoisseurs.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
The men were apparently looking to feed India's voracious appetite for gold.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
The kinds of public spending cuts necessary to curb the Government's voracious appetite for debt will be brutal.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
In fact, she wrote out of a lifetime of voracious reading, as well as close observation of the world.
Times, Sunday Times (2011)
That voracious demand, and weakness in the dollar in which it is priced, has driven gold to these new heights.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
In other languages
voracious
British English: voracious ADJECTIVE
If you describe a person, or their appetite for something, as voracious, you mean that they want a lot of something.
He was a voracious book collector.
American English: voracious
Brazilian Portuguese: voraz
Chinese: 贪婪的
European Spanish: ávido
French: avide
German: gefräßig
Italian: avido
Japanese: 貪欲な
Korean: 게걸스러운
European Portuguese: voraz
Latin American Spanish: voraz
1 (adjective)
Definition
eating or craving great quantities of food
For their size, stoats are voracious predators.
Synonyms
gluttonous
a selfish, gluttonous and lazy individual
insatiable
an insatiable appetite for stories about the rich and famous
ravenous
hungry
My friend was hungry, so we went to get some food.
greedy
a greedy little boy who ate too many sweets
ravening
devouring
He has a devouring passion for music.
2 (adjective)
Definition
very eager or insatiable in some activity
He was a voracious reader.
Synonyms
avid
He was avid for wealth.
prodigious
insatiable
uncontrolled
rapacious
He had a rapacious appetite for bird's nest soup.
unquenchable
Opposites
moderate,
temperate
,
self-controlled
Additional synonyms
in the sense of devouring
He has a devouring passion for music.
Synonyms
overwhelming,
powerful,
intense,
flaming,
consuming,
excessive,
passionate,
insatiable
in the sense of greedy
Definition
having an excessive desire for something, such as food or money
a greedy little boy who ate too many sweets
Synonyms
gluttonous,
insatiable,
voracious,
ravenous,
piggish,
hoggish,
hungry,
edacious,
esurient,
gormandizing
in the sense of hungry
Definition
desiring food
My friend was hungry, so we went to get some food.
Synonyms
starving,
ravenous,
famished,
starved,
empty (informal),
hollow,
voracious,
peckish (informal, British),
sharp-set,
famishing,
esurient
Nearby words of
voracious
voluptuous
voluptuousness
vomit
voracious
voracity
vortex
votary
Synonyms of 'voracious'
voracious
Explore 'voracious' in the dictionary
Additional synonyms
in the sense of insatiable
Definition
impossible to satisfy
an insatiable appetite for stories about the rich and famous