Synonyms for ravening

Most common

predatory · voracious · ravenous · rapacious

All synonyms

Adjective

Definitions

1. adj. 1

   Voracious and greedy.

   There is no shortage of ravening friends and relatives on the day one hits the lottery.

Example sentences

• predatory Minors deserve protection from predatory behaviors.
• 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.

Popularity over time

Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.

By length

6 letters

greedy²

7 letters

wolfish

8 letters

ravenous³, esurient, edacious

9 letters

predatory⁴, ferocious³, voracious³, rapacious³, raptorial⁴, vulturous, vulturine

10 letters

insatiable⁴, gluttonous³

11 letters

acquisitive⁴

The small number after each word is its number of syllables (greedy² = 2 syllables).