Associations to the word «Voracious»

Wiktionary

VORACIOUS, adjective. Wanting or devouring great quantities of food.
VORACIOUS, adjective. Having a great appetite for anything (e.g., a voracious reader).

Dictionary definition

VORACIOUS, adjective. Excessively greedy and grasping; "a rapacious divorcee on the prowl"; "ravening creditors"; "paying taxes to voracious governments".
VORACIOUS, adjective. Devouring or craving food in great quantities; "edacious vultures"; "a rapacious appetite"; "ravenous as wolves"; "voracious sharks".

Wise words

A word is not a crystal, transparent and unchanged; it is the skin of a living thought and may vary greatly in color and content according to the circumstances and time in which it is used.
Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.