rapacious

Questions about rapacious

What does rapacious mean?

rapacious means "living by preying on other animals especially by catching living prey". That is the primary sense; the word has 3 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in rapacious?

rapacious has 3 syllables: ra-pac-ious. The stress falls on "pac". In IPA it is /ɹəˈpæʃɪs/.

What is another word for rapacious?

Close synonyms include predatory, raptorial, ravening, vulturine, vulturous. 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 rapacious a common word?

rapacious 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.