Synonyms for ravenous
- adjective
Synonyms by meaning
Adjective
1. Voracious — greedy, characterized by strong desires
voracious, ravening, gluttonous, rapacious, insatiable, wolfish, ferocious, omnivorous, greedy, savage, predatory, esurient formal, edacious formal, insatiate formal dated
Definitions
- adj. 1
Greedy, characterized by strong desires.
- adj. 2
Very hungry.
Related words
- Word family
- ravenously ravenousness
Example sentences
- voracious Piranhas are big, voracious fish with sharp teeth.
- rapacious Ukrainians don't deserve to be invaded by a rapacious army.
- hungry The hungry birds were eating from the bird feeder.
- famished The villagers were afraid of the famished bears.
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| ravenous | rising | |
| voracious | rising | |
| rapacious | rising | |
| gluttonous | rising | |
| ravening | rising | |
| hungry | rising |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 6 letters
- hungry2, savage2, greedy2
- 7 letters
- starved1, wolfish
- 8 letters
- starving2, famished2, ravening, esurient, edacious
- 9 letters
- predatory4, ferocious3, voracious3, rapacious3, insatiate
- 10 letters
- insatiable4, omnivorous4, gluttonous3
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (hungry2 = 2 syllables).