predatory

Meaning

1. Of, or relating to a predator.
2. Living by preying on other living animals.
3. (figuratively) Exploiting or victimizing others for personal gain.

Synonyms

rapacious

predacious

raptorial

predaceous

ravening

aggressive

marauding

vulturous

vulturine

carnivorous

greedy

voracious

raiding

grasping

looting

carnivore

cannibal

calculating

bloodthirsty

ravenous

ravishing

robbery

tigerish

spoliatory

avaricious

tigrish

brigandlike

accipitrine

of robbers

curmudgeon

extortionate

exorbitant

fierce

invasive

brigandish

omnivorous

pillaging

Translations

rapace

prédateur

rapace

rapaz

predatório

predador

predatorio

yırtıcı

αρπακτικός

depredador

predatore

rapaç

roofzuchtig

depredador

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈpɹɛdəˌtoɹi/

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin praedātōrius, equivalent to predator + -y.