Voracious

//vɔːˈɹeɪ.ʃəs//

Synonyms for "voracious" (120 found)

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Closest matches (24)

Adjective(1 words)
cormorant

Strong matches (36)

Adjective(2 words)
edaciousesurient

Related words (60)

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Synonyms

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Related terms

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derived

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related to

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similar

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Translations

97 translations across 34 languages.

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Ancient Greek

2 entries
  • βρωτικός adj (devouring great quantities of food)
  • βρωτικός adj (having a great appetite for anything)

Arabic

2 entries
  • أَكُول adj (devouring great quantities of food)
  • قِرْشَبّ adj (devouring great quantities of food)

Bulgarian

2 entries
  • лаком adj (having a great appetite for anything)
  • ненаситен adj (devouring great quantities of food)

Chinese Mandarin

4 entries
  • 狼吞虎嚥的 /狼吞虎咽的 adj (devouring great quantities of food)
  • 貪吃 /贪吃 adj (devouring great quantities of food)
  • 貪婪 /贪婪 adj (having a great appetite for anything)
  • 貪心 /贪心 adj (having a great appetite for anything)

Czech

4 entries
  • dychtivý adj (having a great appetite for anything)
  • hltavý adj (devouring great quantities of food)
  • nenasytný adj (having a great appetite for anything)
  • neukojitelný adj (having a great appetite for anything)

Danish

2 entries
  • umanerlig adj (having a great appetite for anything)
  • umættelig adj (devouring great quantities of food)

Dutch

1 entries
  • vraatzuchtig adj (devouring great quantities of food)

Estonian

4 entries
  • ablas adj (devouring great quantities of food)
  • ablas adj (having a great appetite for anything)
  • ahne adj (devouring great quantities of food)
  • ahne adj (having a great appetite for anything)

Finnish

4 entries
  • ahkera adj (having a great appetite for anything)
  • ahnas adj (devouring great quantities of food)
  • ahne adj (devouring great quantities of food)
  • innokas adj (having a great appetite for anything)

French

2 entries
  • vorace adj (devouring great quantities of food)
  • vorace adj (having a great appetite for anything)

Galician

2 entries
  • voraz adj (devouring great quantities of food)
  • voraz adj (having a great appetite for anything)

Georgian

4 entries
  • გაუმაძღარი adj (devouring great quantities of food)
  • გაუმაძღარი adj (having a great appetite for anything)
  • ღორმუცელა adj (devouring great quantities of food)
  • ღორმუცელა adj (having a great appetite for anything)

German

4 entries
  • gefräßig adj (devouring great quantities of food)
  • gierig adj (devouring great quantities of food)
  • gierig adj (having a great appetite for anything)
  • unersättlich adj (devouring great quantities of food)

Greek

4 entries
  • αδηφάγος adj (devouring great quantities of food)
  • αδηφάγος adj (having a great appetite for anything)
  • αχόρταγος adj (devouring great quantities of food)
  • μανιώδης adj (having a great appetite for anything)

Hungarian

3 entries
  • falánk adj (devouring great quantities of food)
  • telhetetlen adj (devouring great quantities of food)
  • telhetetlen adj (having a great appetite for anything)

Indonesian

1 entries
  • voracious adj (devouring great quantities of food)

Irish

4 entries
  • airceach adj (devouring great quantities of food)
  • alpach adj (devouring great quantities of food)
  • cíocrach adj (devouring great quantities of food)
  • cíocrach adj (having a great appetite for anything)

Japanese

3 entries
  • 大食の adj (devouring great quantities of food)
  • 貪欲な adj (devouring great quantities of food)
  • 貪欲な adj (having a great appetite for anything)

Khiamniungan Naga

1 entries
  • wāmwām adj (devouring great quantities of food)

Latin

3 entries
  • lurcinābundus adj (devouring great quantities of food)
  • vorax adj (having a great appetite for anything)
  • vorāx adj (devouring great quantities of food)

Macedonian

1 entries
  • ненаситен adj (having a great appetite for anything)

Norwegian

1 entries
  • glupsk adj (devouring great quantities of food)

Ottoman Turkish

2 entries
  • اوبور adj (devouring great quantities of food)
  • قورساقسز adj (devouring great quantities of food)

Persian

3 entries
  • شکمو adj (devouring great quantities of food)
  • پرخور adj (devouring great quantities of food)
  • پرولع adj (having a great appetite for anything)

Polish

3 entries
  • zachłanny adj (devouring great quantities of food)
  • zachłanny adj (having a great appetite for anything)
  • żarłoczny adj (devouring great quantities of food)

Portuguese

2 entries
  • voraz adj (devouring great quantities of food)
  • voraz adj (having a great appetite for anything)

Russian

4 entries
  • жа́дный adj (devouring great quantities of food)
  • жа́дный adj (having a great appetite for anything)
  • ненасы́тный adj (devouring great quantities of food)
  • ненасы́тный adj (having a great appetite for anything)

Sanskrit

1 entries
  • भोजन adj (devouring great quantities of food)

Scottish Gaelic

3 entries
  • craosach adj (devouring great quantities of food)
  • gionach adj (devouring great quantities of food)
  • gionach adj (having a great appetite for anything)

Serbo-Croatian

4 entries
  • alav adj (having a great appetite for anything)
  • proždr̀ljiv adj (devouring great quantities of food)
  • pȍhlēpan adj (having a great appetite for anything)
  • алав adj (having a great appetite for anything)

Spanish

4 entries
  • insaciable adj (devouring great quantities of food)
  • insaciable adj (having a great appetite for anything)
  • voraz adj (devouring great quantities of food)
  • voraz adj (having a great appetite for anything)

Swedish

3 entries
  • glupsk adj (devouring great quantities of food)
  • omättlig adj (devouring great quantities of food)
  • omättlig adj (having a great appetite for anything)

Thai

1 entries
  • ตะกละ adj (devouring great quantities of food)

Ukrainian

1 entries
  • ненаже́рливий adj (devouring great quantities of food)

Sample sentences

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The voracious monsters endeavoured to upset the boat; they swam by its side in seeming anxiety for their prey; but after waiting for some time, they separated - the two rescued seamen found themselves free from their insatiable enemies and, by the blessings of God, saved.

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They're intelligent and voracious.

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She's a voracious reader.

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After skiing, I find that I have a voracious appetite.

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