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- pronunciation:
- r
peI
shs
- features:
- Word Combinations (adjective), Word Parts
| part of speech: |
adjective |
| definition 1: |
extremely greedy or ravenous; voracious.
They blamed rapacious lawyers for the high cost of malpractice insurance.The rapacious lion devoured its prey.- synonyms:
- gluttonous, greedy, ravenous, voracious
- antonyms:
- generous
- similar words:
- desperate, insatiable, lupine, omnivorous
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| definition 2: |
capable of capturing and eating live prey; predacious.
A hawk is a rapacious bird.- synonyms:
- predacious, predatory
- similar words:
- carnivorous, omnivorous, raptorial, ravenous
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| related words: |
acquisitive, greedy, sordid |
adverb + (adj.)rapacious
pretty
(adj.)rapacious
+ noun
advantage,
ambition,
appetite,
army,
band,
baron,
beak,
beast,
behavior,
bird,
capitalism,
character,
company,
conflict,
consumer,
consumption,
corruption,
delight,
demand,
dictatorship,
drive,
edge,
elite,
exploit,
exploitation,
extraction,
greed,
hunger,
industry,
landlord,
logging,
official,
owner,
producer,
profit,
prostitute,
rat,
resource,
ruler,
sexuality,
species,
thug,
victim,
wealth
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| derivations: |
rapaciously (adv.), rapaciousness (n.), rapacity (n.) |
The word rapacious
contains the following parts:
rap
Latin
root
that means seize, carry off by force
  Example words:
-acious
Latin
adjective-forming suffix
that means full of, characterized by
More about this word part:
The suffix -acious
forms adjectives from Latinate nouns ending in "-acity," "-acy," or "-ce." Most common adjectives ending in -acious
have a corresponding noun form ending in "-acity."
Example words:
audacious, capacious, fallacious, loquacious, perspicacious, pertinacious, pugnacious, rapacious, tenacious, veracious, vivacious, voracious
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