Avid \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.
[1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
avid
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: devouring(a),
esurient, greedy]
2: marked by active interest and enthusiasm; "an avid sports
fan"; "a great walker"; "an eager beaver" [syn: great, eager,
zealous]
WordNet (r) 2.0
76 Moby Thesaurus words for "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
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
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