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say it: vaw-RAY-shuhs
voracious is an adjective meaning "excessively greedy and grasping". It carries 2 recorded senses.
excessively greedy and grasping
“a rapacious divorcee on the prowl”
“ravening creditors”
“paying taxes to voracious governments”
devouring or craving food in great quantities
“edacious vultures”
“a rapacious appetite”
“ravenous as wolves”
“voracious sharks”
Definitions, synonyms and semantic relations for voracious come from Princeton University’s WordNet. The pronunciation comes from the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary. Commonness is measured against a corpus of everyday English. Full sources and licences.