PREDATORY: Synonyms and Related Words. What is Another Word for PREDATORY?

Need another word that means the same as “predatory”? Find 15 synonyms and 30 related words for “predatory” in this overview.

The synonyms of “Predatory” are: marauding, raiding, rapacious, raptorial, ravening, vulturine, vulturous, predaceous, predacious, carnivorous, exploitative, wolfish, greedy, acquisitive, avaricious

Predatory as an Adjective

Definitions of "Predatory" as an adjective

According to the Oxford Dictionary of English, “predatory” as an adjective can have the following definitions:

• (of an animal) preying naturally on others.
• Living by or given to victimizing others for personal gain.
• Characterized by plundering or pillaging or marauding.
• Living by or given to victimizing others for personal gain- Peter S. Prescott.
• Living by preying on other animals especially by catching living prey.
• Seeking to exploit others.

Synonyms of "Predatory" as an adjective (15 Words)

acquisitive	Excessively interested in acquiring money or material things. We live in a competitive and acquisitive society.
avaricious	Immoderately desirous of acquiring e.g. wealth. A corrupt and avaricious government.
carnivorous	Relating to or characteristic of carnivores. Carnivorous plants are capable of trapping and digesting small animals especially insects.
exploitative	Making use of a situation or treating others unfairly in order to gain an advantage or benefit. An exploitative form of labour.
greedy	Immoderately desirous of acquiring e.g. wealth. He s scoffed the lot the greedy pig.
marauding	Characterized by plundering or pillaging or marauding. Marauding gangs of youths.
predaceous	Living by or given to victimizing others for personal gain- Peter S. Prescott.
predacious	Living by or given to victimizing others for personal gain. Predacious insects.
raiding	Characterized by plundering or pillaging or marauding. A raiding party.
rapacious	Excessively greedy and grasping. The rapacious wolf.
raptorial	Living by preying on other animals especially by catching living prey. Raptorial birds.
ravening	Excessively greedy and grasping. They turned on each other like ravening wolves.
vulturine	Living by preying on other animals especially by catching living prey. Vulturine steam powered flying machines.
vulturous	Living by preying on other animals especially by catching living prey.
wolfish	Devouring or craving food in great quantities. Wolfish rapacity.

Usage Examples of "Predatory" as an adjective

• Predatory warfare.
• She always felt at the mercy of predatory men.
• Predatory species of shark.
• A predatory bird.
• A predatory, insensate society in which innocence and decency can prove fatal.
• Predatory capitalists.

Associations of "Predatory" (30 Words)

acquisitive	Excessively interested in acquiring money or material things. An acquisitive mind.
animal	Characteristic of the physical and instinctive needs of animals of the flesh rather than the spirit or intellect. The evolution of animal life.
bite	(of a fish) take the bait or lure on the end of a fishing line into the mouth. By four o clock he still hadn t had a single bite.
capture	A person or thing that has been captured. Capture an idea.
carnivorous	(of a plant) able to trap and digest small animals, especially insects. Carnivorous plants are capable of trapping and digesting small animals especially insects.
catch	Catch up with and possibly overtake. There s a catch in it somewhere.
clasp	The act of grasping. He released his clasp on my arm.
clawed	(of crabs, lobsters, and other arthropods) having pincers. Scaly creatures with beaks and clawed feet.
clutch	A clutch bag. A clutch quarterback.
diet	Follow a regimen or a diet as for health reasons. A vegetarian diet.
eat	Eat a meal take a meal. She knew what was eating him.
fishing	The act of someone who fishes as a diversion. Fishing boats.
genitive	The genitive case. The genitive endings.
gluttonous	Excessively greedy. A gluttonous cigar smoking capitalist.
grab	A quick sudden clutch or attempt to seize. The brakes grabbed very badly.
greedy	Having or showing an intense and selfish desire for wealth or power. Greedy for money and power.
herbivore	An animal that feeds on plants. Predatory carnivores and their herbivore prey.
hunger	Feel or suffer hunger. They died from cold and hunger.
insectivore	A mammal of the obsolete order Insectivora.
lupine	Any plant of the genus Lupinus; bearing erect spikes of usually purplish-blue flowers.
omnivorous	Feeding on both plants and animals. An omnivorous reader.
possessive	A possessive word or form. Young children are proud and possessive of their own property.
predation	The preying of one animal on others. The predations of would be pirates.
prey	Prey on or hunt for. He fell prey to muggers.
rapacious	Excessively greedy and grasping. A rapacious divorcee on the prowl.
raptorial	Relating to or characteristic of birds of prey. Raptorial front legs.
ravening	Living by preying on other animals especially by catching living prey. They turned on each other like ravening wolves.
seize	Seize and take control without authority and possibly with force take as one s right or possession. The invaders seized the land and property of the inhabitants.
sordid	Morally degraded. The overcrowded housing conditions were sordid and degrading.
wolf	Used in names of mammals similar or related to the wolf e g maned wolf Tasmanian wolf. He wolfed down his breakfast.