adj satadj.allliving by preying on other animals especially by catching living preySynset:predatory raptorial ravening vulturine vulturous
Examples:- a predatory bird
- the rapacious wolf
- raptorial birds
- ravening wolves
- a vulturine taste for offal
Antonyms:unaggressive
Derivationally Related Form:raptorvulture
Inherited Hypernyms:predatory
Similar to:aggressive
adj satadj.allexcessively greedy and graspingSynset:ravening voracious
Examples:- a rapacious divorcee on the prowl
- ravening creditors
- paying taxes to voracious governments
Antonyms:unacquisitive
Derivationally Related Form:voraciousnessrapacity
Inherited Hypernyms:rapacious
Similar to:acquisitive
adj satadj.alldevouring or craving food in great quantitiesSynset:edacious esurient ravening ravenous voracious wolfish
Examples:- edacious vultures
- a rapacious appetite
- ravenous as wolves
- voracious sharks
Antonyms:abstemious
Derivationally Related Form:edacityesuriencevoracityravenousnessrapaciousnessvoraciousnessrapacity
Inherited Hypernyms:edacious
Similar to:gluttonous