About The Word Avid
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Avid
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What's The Definition Of Avid?
[adj] marked by active interest and enthusiasm; "an avid sports fan"; "a great walker"; "an eager beaver"
[adj] (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" Synonyms | Synonyms for Avid: desirous | devouring(a) | eager | enthusiastic | esurient | great | greedy | zealous Related Terms | Find terms related to Avid: a hog for | acquisitive | agog | alacritous | all agog | all-devouring | animated | anxious | ardent | athirst | avaricious | bottomless | breathless | bursting to | coveting | covetous | craving | desirous | devouring | eager | esurient | forward | full of life | gluttonous | gobbling | grabby | grasping | greedy | hoggish | impatient | importunate | insatiable | insatiate | insistent | keen | limitless | lively | mercenary | miserly | money-hungry | money-mad | omnivorous | overgreedy | panting | piggish | pressing | prompt | quenchless | quick | rapacious | raring to | ravening | ravenous | ready | ready and willing | slakeless | sordid | spirited | swinish | thirsty | unappeasable | unappeased | unquenchable | unsated | unsatisfied | unslakeable | unslaked | urgent | venal | vital | vivacious | vivid | voracious | wanting | wishful | zestful See Also | Avid In Webster's Dictionary \Av"id\, a. [L. avidus, fr. av?re to long: cf. F. avide.
See {Avarice}.]
Longing eagerly for; eager; greedy. ``Avid of gold, yet
greedier of renown.'' --Southey.
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