Synonyms for esurient
- adjective
Definitions
- adj. 1
Very greedy or hungry; ravenous; (figuratively) avid, eager.
Example sentences
- voracious Piranhas are big, voracious fish with sharp teeth.
- ravenous Whenever I'm worried, I work up a ravenous appetite.
- rapacious Ukrainians don't deserve to be invaded by a rapacious army.
- hungry The hungry birds were eating from the bird feeder.
- starved Mothers starved themselves to feed their children.
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| esurient | steady | |
| voracious | rising | |
| ravenous | rising | |
| rapacious | rising | |
| gluttonous | rising | |
| hungry | rising |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 4 letters
- avid2
- 6 letters
- hungry2, greedy2
- 7 letters
- starved1, wolfish
- 8 letters
- ravenous3, famished2, covetous, ravening, edacious
- 9 letters
- voracious3, rapacious3
- 10 letters
- insatiable4, gluttonous3
- 11 letters
- acquisitive4
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (avid2 = 2 syllables).