Synonyms of the word ravening


RAVENINGACQUISITIVE - AGGRESSIVE - EDACIOUS - ESURIENT - GLUTTONOUS - PREDATORY - RAPACIOUS - RAPTORIAL - RAVENOUS - VORACIOUS - VULTURINE - VULTUROUS - WOLFISH

ravening

  • adj. Voracious and greedy.
  • adj. (archaic) Subject to the voracity of a predator.
  • n. (archaic, literary) Predation (of an animal); voracious eating or consumption.
  • n. Eagerness for plunder; rapacity; extortion.

acquisitive

  • adj. (obsolete) Acquired.
  • adj. Able or disposed to make acquisitions; acquiring.
  • adj. Dispositioned toward acquiring and retaining information.

aggressive

  • adj. Tending or disposed to aggress; characterized by aggression; making assaults; unjustly attacking.
  • adj. (programming) Of code optimization techniques: exploiting every opportunity to be applied.

edacious

  • adj. Having an insatiable appetite; voracious, ravenous, piggish.

esurient

  • adj. Very hungry or greedy; ravenous.
  • adj. avid.
  • n. One who is hungry or greedy.

gluttonous

  • adj. Given to excessive eating; prone to overeating.
  • adj. Greedy.

predatory

  • adj. Of, or relating to a predator.
  • adj. Living by preying on other living animals.
  • adj. (figuratively) Exploiting or victimizing others for personal gain.

rapacious

  • adj. Voracious; avaricious.
  • adj. Given to taking by force or plundering; aggressively greedy.
  • adj. (of an animal, usually a bird) Subsisting off live prey.

raptorial

  • adj. Like or resembling a raptor.

ravenous

  • adj. Very hungry.
  • adj. Eager for prey or gratification.

voracious

  • adj. Wanting or devouring great quantities of food.
  • adj. Having a great appetite for anything (e.g., a voracious reader).

vulturine

  • adj. Pertaining to vultures.
  • adj. Predaceous.

vulturous

  • adj. Having the features of a vulture, especially in being rapacious, greedy, or scavenging.

wolfish

  • adj. Pertaining to wolves.
  • adj. Having the characteristics or habits of a wolf.
  • adj. Fierce; savage; menacing.

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