Definition of rapacious

Scrabble & Words with friends points

• rapacious is a valid Scrabble US word with a point value of 13
• rapacious is a valid Scrabble UK word with a point value of 13
• rapacious is a valid Words with friends word with a point value of 16

Definition of rapacious

• devouring or craving food in great quantities (adjective)

  Examples

  1. a rapacious appetite

  Synonyms

  1. edacious
  2. esurient
  3. ravening
  4. ravenous
  5. voracious
  6. wolfish
• excessively greedy and grasping (adjective)

  Examples

  1. a rapacious divorcee on the prowl

  Synonyms

  1. ravening
  2. voracious
• living by preying on other animals especially by catching living prey (adjective)

  Examples

  1. the rapacious wolf

  Synonyms

  1. predatory
  2. raptorial
  3. ravening
  4. vulturine
  5. vulturous

See definition of rapacious in Merriam Webster