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- features:
- Word Combinations (adjective), Word Explorer, Word Parts
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adjective |
| definition 1: |
living on a diet of both plant and animal food.
Human beings are omnivorous as a species, but some humans choose to avoid animal foods. |
| definition 2: |
devouring food of any and all kinds; voracious.
- synonyms:
- gluttonous, insatiable, voracious
- similar words:
- avaricious, hoggish, piggish, ravenous
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| definition 3: |
absorbing or consuming everything.
He is an omnivorous spectator of sports.- synonyms:
- devouring, insatiable, voracious
- similar words:
- avaricious, greedy
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| related words: |
carnivorous, rapacious, voracious |
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| derivations: |
omnivorously (adv.), omnivorousness (n.) |
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