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1 avid -- rank: 1000

avid definitions WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005) adj 1: (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" [syn: avid, devouring, esurient, greedy] 2: marked by active interest and enthusiasm; "an avid sports fan" [syn: avid, zealous] Merriam Webster's adjective ...

2 Coolidge, William D(avid) -- rank: 835

Coolidge, William D(avid) definitions Britannica Concise U.S. engineer and physical chemist. Born ...

3 Devouring -- rank: 517

... adj 1: (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" [syn: avid, devouring, esurient, greedy] Webster's 1913 Dictionary Devour De*vour ... Moby Thesaurus a hog for, acquisitive, all-devouring, appetite, avaricious, avid, bottomless, cannibalism, carnivorism, carnivority, carnivorousness, chewing, consumption, coveting, covetous, cropping ...

4 Greedy -- rank: 517

... prehensile] 2: (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" [syn: avid, devouring, esurient, greedy] 3: wanting to eat or drink more ... for, acquiring, acquisitive, all-devouring, ambitious for self, autistic, avaricious, avid, bolting, bottomless, careerist, close, cormorant, coveting, covetous, cramming, crapulent, crapulous ...

5 Eager -- rank: 462

... impatient desire or interest • eagerly adverb • eagerness noun Synonyms: eager, avid, keen, anxious, athirst mean moved by a strong and urgent ... sometimes impatience at delay or restraint < eager to get started >. avid adds to eager the implication of insatiability or greed < avid for new thrills >. keen suggests intensity of interest and quick ... anticipatory, antsy, antsy-pantsy, anxious, appetitive, approving, ardent, assenting, athirst, avid, awaiting, breathless, bursting to, certain, chafing, compliable, compliant, confident, consentient ...

6 Esurient -- rank: 462

... esurient] 2: (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" [syn: avid, devouring, esurient, greedy] 3: devouring or craving food in great ...

7 avidly -- rank: 398

... definitions WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005) adv 1: in an avid manner; "whatever the flavor or color of your local paper ... read avidly for local information" Merriam Webster's adverb see avid Collin's Cobuild Dictionary see avid Moby Thesaurus animatedly, anxiously, avariciously, breathlessly, covetously, devouringly, eagerly, enthusiastically ...

8 Zealous -- rank: 398

... 2005) adj 1: marked by active interest and enthusiasm; "an avid sports fan" [syn: avid, zealous] Merriam Webster's adjective Date: 1526 filled with or ... alacritous, all-overish, amenable, anxious, anxioused up, apprehensive, ardent, assiduous, avid, boiling over, bothered, breathless, buggy, bugs, burning, committed, compliant, concerned ...

9 Avidity -- rank: 398

Avidity definitions Webster's 1828 Dictionary AVID'ITY, n. [L. aviditas, from avidus, and this from aveo ... Date: 15th century 1. the quality or state of being avid: a. keen eagerness b. consuming greed 2. affinity 2b(2 ... n. [L. aviditas, fr. avidus: cf. F. avidit['e]. See Avid.] Greediness; strong appetite; eagerness; intenseness of desire; as, to eat ...

10 Ambitious -- rank: 315

... eager for distinction or fame. 2. Eager, strongly desirous, intent, avid. [Followed by of.] 3. Showy, pretentious, aiming at effect. Moby Thesaurus adventuresome, adventurous, aggressive, anxious, aspiring, audacious, avaricious, avid, bold, careerist, careeristic, chimerical, classy, daring, driving, dynamic, eager, emulous ...

11 Hungry -- rank: 315

... by or characteristic of hunger or appetite 2. a. eager, avid < hungry for affection > b. strongly motivated (as by ambition) 3 ... desirous. 3. Poor, barren, unfertile, unproductive. Moby Thesaurus acquisitive, athirst, avid, consumed with desire, coveting, covetous, craving, deprived, desirous, devoured by ...

12 Thirsty -- rank: 315

... c. highly absorbent < thirsty towels > 2. having a strong desire ; avid < thirsty for knowledge > • thirstiness noun Oxford Reference Dictionary adj. (thirstier ... absorbent, adsorbent, agog, anhydrous, anxious, ardent, arid, assimilative, athirst, avaricious, avid, bibulous, blotting, bone-dry, breathless, burning, chemisorptive, chemosorptive, consumed with ...

13 Rapacious -- rank: 199

... Apician, a hog for, acquisitive, all-devouring, all-engulfing, avaricious, avid, bloodsucking, bolting, bottomless, coveting, covetous, cramming, crapulent, crapulous, devouring, edacious ...

14 Quick -- rank: 199

... apace, apt, ardent, artistic, astute, at flank speed, attentive, authoritative, avid, awake, bosom, brainy, bravura, breakneck, breast, breathing, breathless, brief, bright ...

15 piggish -- rank: 199

... Thesaurus Apician, a hog for, acquisitive, all-devouring, asinine, avaricious, avid, beastly, bolting, bottomless, bovid, bovine, caprid, caprine, coveting, covetous, cowish ...