VORACIOUSNESS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does voraciousness mean? 

• VORACIOUSNESS (noun)
  The noun VORACIOUSNESS has 3 senses:

1. excessive desire to eat

2. extreme gluttony

3. an excessive desire for wealth (usually in large amounts)

  Familiarity information: VORACIOUSNESS used as a noun is uncommon.

 Dictionary entry details 

• VORACIOUSNESS (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Excessive desire to eat

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Synonyms:

edacity; esurience; ravenousness; voraciousness; voracity

Hypernyms ("voraciousness" is a kind of...):

hunger; hungriness (a physiological need for food; the consequence of food deprivation)

Derivation:

voracious (devouring or craving food in great quantities)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Extreme gluttony

Classified under:

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

Synonyms:

edacity; esurience; rapaciousness; rapacity; voraciousness; voracity

Hypernyms ("voraciousness" is a kind of...):

gluttony (habitual eating to excess)

Derivation:

voracious (devouring or craving food in great quantities)

Sense 3

Meaning:

An excessive desire for wealth (usually in large amounts)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

Synonyms:

greediness; rapaciousness; voraciousness

Context example:

the greediness of lawyers

Hypernyms ("voraciousness" is a kind of...):

selfishness (stinginess resulting from a concern for your own welfare and a disregard of others)

Derivation:

voracious (excessively greedy and grasping)