voracious

vo·ra·cious

V0147000 (vô-rā′shəs, və-)adj.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.

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[From Latin vorāx, vorāc-, from vorāre, to swallow, devour.]

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vo·ra′cious·ly adv.vo·rac′i·ty (-răs′ĭ-tē), vo·ra′cious·ness n.

voracious

(vɒˈreɪʃəs) adj1. devouring or craving food in great quantities2. very eager or unremitting in some activity: voracious reading. [C17: from Latin vorāx swallowing greedily, from vorāre to devour] voˈraciously adv voracity, voˈraciousness n

vo•ra•cious

(vɔˈreɪ ʃəs, voʊ-, və-)

adj. 1. craving or consuming large quantities of food: a voracious appetite. 2. exceedingly eager or avid; insatiable: a voracious reader. [1625–35; < Latin vorāx, s. vorāc-, adj. derivative of vorāre to eat ravenously, devour; see -acious] vo•ra′cious•ly, adv. vo•ra′cious•ness, vo•rac′i•ty (-ˈræs ɪ ti) n.

Thesaurus

Adj.	1.	voracious - excessively greedy and grasping; "a rapacious divorcee on the prowl"; "ravening creditors"; "paying taxes to voracious governments"rapacious, raveningacquisitive - eager to acquire and possess things especially material possessions or ideas; "an acquisitive mind"; "an acquisitive society in which the craving for material things seems never satisfied"
	2.	voracious - devouring or craving food in great quantities; "edacious vultures"; "a rapacious appetite"; "ravenous as wolves"; "voracious sharks"edacious, ravenous, wolfish, esurient, rapacious, raveninggluttonous - given to excess in consumption of especially food or drink; "over-fed women and their gluttonous husbands"; "a gluttonous debauch"; "a gluttonous appetite for food and praise and pleasure"

voracious

adjective1. gluttonous, insatiable, ravenous, hungry, greedy, ravening, devouring For their size, stoats are voracious predators.2. avid, prodigious, insatiable, uncontrolled, rapacious, unquenchable He was a voracious reader.
avid moderate, temperate, self-controlled

voracious

adjective1. Wanting to eat or drink more than one can reasonably consume:edacious, gluttonous, greedy, hoggish, piggish, ravenous.2. Desiring or craving food:famished, hungry, ravenous, starving.3. Having an insatiable appetite for an activity or pursuit:avid, edacious, gluttonous, greedy, omnivorous, rapacious, ravenous, unappeasable.

Translations

gourmandvoracevoraceavido