- avid, devouring, esurient, greedy - (often followed by `for') ardently or excessively desirous; "avid for adventure"; "an avid ambition to succeed"; "fierce devouring affection"; "the esurient eyes of an avid curiosity"; "greedy for fame"
Antonyms: undesirous, undesiring (indirect, via desirous)
- devour - destroy completely; "Fire had devoured our home"
--1 is one way to destroy, ruin
Sample sentence:
Something ----s something
- devour - enjoy avidly; "She devoured his novels"
--2 is one way to enjoy, bask, relish, savor, savour
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s something
- devour, down, consume, go through - eat immoderately; "Some people can down a pound of meat in the course of one meal"
--3 is one way to eat
Sample sentence:Derived form: noun devourer1
They devour more bread
- devour, guttle, raven, pig - eat greedily; "he devoured three sandwiches"
--4 is one way to eat
Sample sentence:
They devour more bread
- devour - enjoy avidly; "She devoured his novels"