voraciousness

voraciousness: noun

1. excessive desire to eat

• Syn: ↑edacity, ↑esurience, ↑ravenousness, ↑voracity

• Derivationally related forms: ↑voracious, ↑voracious (for: ↑voracity), ↑ravenous (for: ↑ravenousness), ↑esurient (for: ↑esurience), ↑edacious (for: ↑edacity)

• Hypernyms: ↑hunger, ↑hungriness

2. extreme gluttony

• Syn: ↑edacity, ↑esurience, ↑rapaciousness, ↑rapacity, ↑voracity

• Derivationally related forms: ↑voracious, ↑voracious (for: ↑voracity), ↑rapacious (for: ↑rapacity), ↑rapacious (for: ↑rapaciousness), ↑esurient (for: ↑esurience), ↑edacious (for: ↑edacity)

• Hypernyms: ↑gluttony

3. an excessive desire for wealth (usually in large amounts)

- the greediness of lawyers

• Syn: ↑greediness, ↑rapaciousness

• Derivationally related forms: ↑voracious, ↑greedy (for: ↑greediness)

• Hypernyms: ↑selfishness

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voraciousness — index greed Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 … Law dictionary
Voraciousness — Voracious Vo*ra cious, a. [L. vorax, acis, fr. vorare to devour; akin to Gr. ? meat, food, ? to devour, Skr. gar. Cf. {Devour}.] Greedy in eating; very hungry; eager to devour or swallow; ravenous; gluttonous; edacious; rapacious; as, a voracious … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
voraciousness — noun see voracious … New Collegiate Dictionary
voraciousness — See voraciously. * * * … Universalium
voraciousness — noun the state of being voracious … Wiktionary
voraciousness — vo raÂ·ciousÂ·ness || vÉ™ reÉªÊƒÉ™snÉªs n. ardent enthusiasm for a certain activity; ravenousness … English contemporary dictionary
voraciousness — n. See voracity … New dictionary of synonyms
voraciousness — vo·ra·cious·ness … English syllables
voraciousness — See: voracious … English dictionary
edacity — noun 1. excessive desire to eat • Syn: ↑esurience, ↑ravenousness, ↑voracity, ↑voraciousness • Derivationally related forms: ↑voracious (for: ↑voraciousness), ↑ … Useful english dictionary

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