avid

(ăv'ĭd)
adj.

1. Having an ardent desire or unbounded craving; greedy: avid for adventure.
2. Marked by keen interest and enthusiasm: an avid sports fan.

[Latin avidus, from avēre, to desire.]

avidly av'id·ly adv.

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meaning 'eager or greedy', is used either attributively (before a noun, commonly an agent noun such as collector or reader) or predicatively followed by for (or, now rarely, of):

Since getting the equipment two years ago, I've become an avid collector of compact discs—CD Review, 1992

He was avid for news of how it was all going, and regretting that he couldn't be part of it—J. Spottiswoode, 1991.

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adjective

1. Having an insatiable appetite for an activity or pursuit: edacious, gluttonous, greedy, omnivorous, rapacious, ravenous, unappeasable, voracious. See desire.
2. Having a strong urge to obtain or possess something, especially material wealth, in quantity: acquisitive, avaricious, covetous, grasping, greedy, hungry. Informal grabby. See desire, give/take/reciprocity.
3. Intensely desirous or interested: agog, ardent, athirst, bursting, eager, impatient, keen, solicitous, thirsting, thirsty. Informal raring. Idioms: champing at the bit, ready and willing. See concern/unconcern.

adj

Definition: enthusiastic
Antonyms: dispassionate, indifferent, unenthusiastic

IN BRIEF: Excessively eager or greedy.

Ray is an avid golfer.

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For a list of words related to avid, see:

• Active, Lively, Awake, or Limber
• Angry, Emotional, Aggressive, or Passionate

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Dansk (Danish)
adj. - ivrig, begærlig, grisk

Nederlands (Dutch)
vurig, gretig, begerig

Français (French)
adj. - désireux

Deutsch (German)
adj. - gierig, begierig

Ελληνική (Greek)
adj. - λάβρος, διακαής, ένθερμος, μανιώδης, ακόρεστος, αχόρταγος

Italiano (Italian)
avido, desideroso

idioms:

• be avid for    essere avido di

Português (Portuguese)
adj. - ávido, ansioso

idioms:

• be avid for    estar ansioso por

Русский (Russian)
алчный, жадный

idioms:

• be avid for    настойчиво стремящийся

Español (Spanish)
adj. - ávido, deseoso, ansioso, hambriento

Svenska (Swedish)
adj. - ivrig, glupsk

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
热望的, 贪婪的, 急切的

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
adj. - 熱望的, 貪婪的, 急切的

한국어 (Korean)
adj. - 탐욕한, 열심인

日本語 (Japanese)
adj. - 貪欲な, 熱心な, 熱狂的な

idioms:

• be avid for    どん欲に求める

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(صفه) طماع, شره‏

עברית (Hebrew)
adj. - ‮להוט, שואף‬

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