avid

Other forms of avid

comparative

avidder·

superlative

aviddest·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about avid

What does avid mean?

avid means "(often followed by `for') ardently or excessively desirous". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in avid?

avid has 2 syllables: av-id. The stress falls on "av". In IPA it is /ˈævəd/.

What is another word for avid?

Close synonyms include devouring, esurient, greedy, zealous. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is avid a common word?

avid is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.