Synonyms for rapacity
Most common
greed avarice covetousness cupidity voracity rapaciousness greediness extortion
Synonyms by meaning
Noun
1. Avarice
2. Voracity
voracity, rapaciousness, voraciousness, esurience, edacity dated
3. Greediness
Other
Definitions
- n. 1
The quality of being rapacious; voracity.
Forms
- Plural
- rapacities → avarices, greeds, covetousnesses, cupidities…
Example sentences
- greed The earth can satisfy our needs but not our greed.
- avarice Young men are apt to fall a victim to their own avarice.
- voracity Miguel no longer eats with the voracity that he used to.
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| rapacity | falling | |
| greed | rising | |
| avarice | steady | |
| covetousness | rising | |
| cupidity | falling | |
| voracity | rising |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 5 letters
- greed1
- 7 letters
- avarice3, avidity, edacity
- 8 letters
- gluttony3, cupidity4, voracity4
- 9 letters
- extortion3, esurience
- 10 letters
- greediness
- 12 letters
- covetousness, ravenousness
- 13 letters
- rapaciousness, voraciousness
- 14 letters
- avariciousness, predaceousness
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (avarice3 = 3 syllables).
In other languages
- Français
- rapacité