Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun voraciousness
3 senses of voraciousness
Sense 1
edacity, esurience, ravenousness, voracity, voraciousness -- (excessive desire to eat)
=> hunger, hungriness -- (a physiological need for food; the consequence of food deprivation)
Sense 2
edacity, esurience, rapaciousness, rapacity, voracity, voraciousness -- (extreme gluttony)
=> gluttony -- (habitual eating to excess)
Sense 3
greediness, voraciousness, rapaciousness -- (an excessive desire for wealth (usually in large amounts); "the greediness of lawyers")
=> selfishness -- (stinginess resulting from a concern for your own welfare and a disregard of others)