rapacious

adjective
UK: /rəˈpeɪ.ʃəs/
US: /rəˈpeɪ.ʃəs/

  1. Excessively greedy and grasping, often seeking to take things for oneself.

    1. The rapacious man wanted more gold.
    2. Some corporations demonstrate rapacious behavior, exploiting resources without regard.

  2. Having a strong desire for possessions or power; characterized by excessive greed.

    1. He had a rapacious look when money discussed.
    2. The company's rapacious pursuit of profits led to environmental damage.

Synonyms

covetous avaricious acquisitive grasping predatory extortionate greedy ravenous voracious insatiable gluttonous usurious mercenary materialistic pillage vulturine hawkish wolfish avarice cupidity mordacity voracity extortionary esurient

Frequently Asked Questions

The word "rapacious" in English means: Excessively greedy and grasping, often seeking to take things for oneself., Having a strong desire for possessions or power; characterized by excessive greed..

The phonetic transcription of "rapacious" is /rəˈpeɪ.ʃəs/ in British English and /rəˈpeɪ.ʃəs/ in American English. Click the 🔊 button to hear both pronunciations.

Synonyms for "rapacious": covetous, avaricious, acquisitive, grasping, predatory, extortionate, greedy, ravenous, voracious, insatiable, gluttonous, usurious, mercenary, materialistic, pillage, vulturine, hawkish, wolfish, avarice, cupidity, mordacity, voracity, extortionary, esurient.

Example usage of "rapacious": "The rapacious man wanted more gold.". More examples on the page.