ravenous

Questions about ravenous

What does ravenous mean?

ravenous means "extremely hungry". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in ravenous?

ravenous has 3 syllables: rav-e-nous. The stress falls on "rav". In IPA it is /ˈɹævənəs/.

What is another word for ravenous?

Close synonyms include famished, sharp-set, starved, esurient, edacious. 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 ravenous a common word?

ravenous 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.