voracious
[vaw-
rey
-sh
uh
s, voh-, v
uh
-]
/vɔˈreɪ ʃəs, voʊ-, və-/
adjective
1.
craving or consuming large quantities of food:
a voracious appetite.
2.
exceedingly eager or avid:
voracious readers; a voracious collector.
Origin
1625-35;
voraci(ty)
+
-ous
Related forms
voraciously,
adverb
voraciousness,
noun
unvoracious,
adjective
unvoraciously,
adverb
unvoraciousness,
noun
Can be confused
veracious
,
vociferous
,
voracious
.
Synonyms
1.
See
ravenous
.
2.
rapacious, insatiable.
Examples from the web for
voracious
At the same time, every academic author is a
voracious
user of scholarly work.
voracious
, venomous lionfish are the first exotic species to invade coral reefs.
Though his days were consumed with farm work, he was a
voracious
reader.
They are
voracious
predators, feeding at night and generally staying close to the bottom.
They will educate themselves because human beings are
voracious
consumers of information.
Folks still feel anonymous in an anonymous landscape, and real-estate developers are still the
voracious
bad guys.
They are only more reckless and marginally more
voracious
.
Choanoflagellates are
voracious
single-cell predators.
Brown and rainbow trout, not native at higher elevations, are
voracious
consumers of tadpoles.
voracious
beetles can't get enough of that purple stuff.
British Dictionary definitions for
voracious
voracious
/
vɒˈreɪʃəs
/
adjective
1.
devouring or craving food in great quantities
2.
very eager or unremitting in some activity:
voracious reading
Derived Forms
voraciously,
adverb
voracity
(
vɒˈræsɪtɪ
),
voraciousness,
noun
Word Origin
C17: from Latin
vorāx
swallowing greedily, from
vorāre
to devour
Word Origin and History for
voracious
adj.
1630s, formed as an adjectival form of
voracity
. Related:
Voraciously
.