rapacious English

Meaning rapacious meaning

What does rapacious mean?

rapacious

— adjective (= ravening, voracious) excessively greedy and grasping a rapacious divorcee on the prowl ravening creditors paying taxes to voracious governments

— adjective (= predatory, raptorial, ravening, vulturine) living by preying on other animals especially by catching living prey a predatory bird the rapacious wolf raptorial birds ravening wolves a vulturine taste for offal

— adjective (= edacious, ravenous, voracious) devouring or craving food in great quantities edacious vultures a rapacious appetite ravenous as wolves voracious sharks

Synonyms rapacious synonyms

What other words have the same or similar meaning as rapacious?

rapacious English » English

greedy

voracious

ravenous

avaricious

ravening

grasping

predatory

selfish

covetous

raptorial

gluttonous

fierce

insatiable

edacious

eagerly desirous

avid

vulturous

vulturine

piggish

wolfish

predacious

grabby

famishing

exceedingly hungry

esurient

acquisitive

wild

violent

taking

savage

robber

ravishing

prehensile

predaceous

porcine

plunderer

open-mouthed

murderous

marauding

lupine

felonious

curmudgeon

cruel

brutal

berserk

ambitious