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Detailed Synonyms for rapacious in English

rapacious:

rapacious adj

  1. rapacious
  2. rapacious
  3. rapacious
    – devouring or craving food in great quantities 1
    voracious; ravenous; rapacious; esurient; ravening; edacious; wolfish
    – devouring or craving food in great quantities 1
  4. rapacious
    – excessively greedy and grasping 1
    voracious; rapacious; ravening
    – excessively greedy and grasping 1
    • voracious adj
      • paying taxes to voracious governments1
    • rapacious adj
      • a rapacious divorcee on the prowl1
    • ravening adj
      • ravening creditors1
  5. rapacious
    – living by preying on other animals especially by catching living prey 1
    predatory; rapacious; vulturine; ravening; vulturous; raptorial
    – living by preying on other animals especially by catching living prey 1

Related Words for "rapacious":

  • rapaciousness, rapaciously

Alternate Synonyms for "rapacious":


Related Definitions for "rapacious":

  1. devouring or craving food in great quantities1
    • a rapacious appetite1
  2. excessively greedy and grasping1
    • a rapacious divorcee on the prowl1
  3. living by preying on other animals especially by catching living prey1
    • the rapacious wolf1