rapacious

Meaning

1. (also, figuratively) Voracious; avaricious.
2. Given to taking by force or plundering; aggressively greedy.
3. Subsisting off live prey.

Synonyms

greedy

voracious

ravenous

avaricious

ravening

grasping

predatory

selfish

covetous

gluttonous

raptorial

fierce

insatiable

edacious

eagerly desirous

avid

vulturous

vulturine

piggish

exceedingly hungry

esurient

famishing

grabby

predacious

wolfish

acquisitive

berserk

murderous

prehensile

marauding

lupine

felonious

ravishing

robber

savage

curmudgeon

taking

violent

cruel

brutal

wild

ambitious

predaceous

open-mouthed

plunderer

porcine

Translations

rapace

rapaz

rapace

vorace

voraz

yırtıcı

vorace

açgözlü

glouton

rapaç

αρπακτικός

roofzuchtig

voraç

raubgierig

avido

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ɹəˈpeɪ.ʃəs/

Etymology

Perhaps from rapacity + -ous, in any case ultimately from Latin rapāx (“grasping, greedy”).