rapaciousadjective
uk/rəˈpeɪ.ʃəs/us/rəˈpeɪ.ʃəs/formalhaving or showing a strong wish to take things for yourself, usually using unfair methods or force:
a rapacious landlord/businessman
her rapacious appetite for fame
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Greedy
- avarice
- consumerism
- eye
- glutton
- gluttonous
- gluttony
- grasping
- greed
- greedy
- greedy guts
- growth-oriented
- Mammon
- materialism
- materialist
- materialistic
- mercenary
- money-grubbing
- sb's eyes are bigger than their belly/stomach idiom
- wolfish
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rapaciously
adverb uk/rəˈpeɪ.ʃəs.li/us/rəˈpeɪ.ʃəs.li/
rapaciousness
noun [ U ] uk/rəˈpeɪ.ʃəs.nəs/us/rəˈpeɪ.ʃəs.nəs/
rapacity
noun [ U ] uk/rəˈpæs.ə.ti/us/rəˈpæs.ə.t̬i/