Definitions for rapacious

Overview of adj rapacious

The adj rapacious has 3 senses? (no senses from tagged texts)

1. predatory, rapacious, raptorial, ravening, vulturine, vulturous

(living by preying on other animals especially by catching living prey; "a predatory bird"; "the rapacious wolf"; "raptorial birds"; "ravening wolves"; "a vulturine taste for offal")

2. rapacious, ravening, voracious

(excessively greedy and grasping; "a rapacious divorcee on the prowl"; "ravening creditors"; "paying taxes to voracious governments")

3. edacious, esurient, rapacious, ravening, ravenous, voracious, wolfish

(devouring or craving food in great quantities; "edacious vultures"; "a rapacious appetite"; "ravenous as wolves"; "voracious sharks")