ESURIENT Synonyms: 35 Similar and Opposite Words

esurient

adjective

i-ˈsu̇r-ē-ənt

Definition of esurient

as in greedy

having a huge appetite the deli is frequented by young, single professionals, esurient after those long hours spent staring at the monitor of a computer

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One of Nader’s grandsons, Shah Rukh, was tortured by a greedy court eunuch named Agha Muhammad to force him to reveal the location of the invaluable diamond.

— Hadley Hall Meares, Vanity Fair, 17 Aug. 2026
That detail — and revelations that Mangione’s private writings lambasted health insurers as greedy, according to authorities — made the case a fulcrum for debate about the industry and made Mangione a cause célèbre for some of its critics.

— Michael R. Sisak, Los Angeles Times, 14 Aug. 2026

Definition of greedy

Adjective

This franchise has proven the ability to spin anything — to keep ravenous fans on the line under any circumstance.

— Dieter Kurtenbach, Mercury News, 6 July 2026
As competitors down dogs for ten straight minutes with a ravenous efficiency that feels worlds apart from snacking on a frank at the ballpark, eating escalates into an élite physical spectacle nearing performance art.

— Sheldon Pearce, New Yorker, 3 July 2026

Definition of ravenous

Adjective

Gullion calculates such gluttonous habits to be similar to a 150-pound person eating 27 pounds of chow at one sitting.

— Tom Huggler, Outdoor Life, 13 Aug. 2026
There’s a gluttonous amount of food content out there waiting to be devoured, but none of it is like Emeril Live.

— Jon Blistein, Rolling Stone, 28 July 2026

Definition of gluttonous

Adjective

Sunflower stars are such voracious consumers of sea urchins that the Friday Harbor sea star lab struggles to keep up with their appetites.

— John Ryan, NPR, 16 Aug. 2026
Since the flesh-eating screwworm fly reinvaded Mexico in 2024, human cases of the voracious parasite have been mounting.

— Beth Mole, ArsTechnica, 7 Aug. 2026

Definition of voracious

Adjective

Outside the courtroom of this trial, traditional TV cameras sit side-by-side with cellphone cameras manned by new media journalists and commentators feeding an audience hungry, not just for true crime, but also for a look back in time.

— Andy Rose, CNN Money, 22 Aug. 2026
The elastic insult is meant to belittle the target as inauthentic, attention-hungry, unserious, and unmanly.

— Erik Forrest Jackson, The Atlantic, 22 Aug. 2026

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