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avid
[ av-id ]
adjective
- showing great enthusiasm for or interest in:
an avid moviegoer.
Synonyms: fanatic, zealous, dedicated, devoted, keen, ardent, enthusiastic
Antonyms: reluctant, apathetic, indifferent
avid for pleasure; avid of power.
Synonyms: rapacious, insatiable, hungry, covetous
Antonyms: loath, disdainful
avid
/ ˈævɪd /
adjective
- very keen; enthusiastic
an avid reader
- postpositive; often foll by for or of eager (for); desirous (of); greedy (for)
avid for revenge
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Derived Forms
- ˈavidly, adverb
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Other Words From
- av·id·ly adverb
- av·id·ness noun
- un·av·id adjective
- un·av·id·ness noun
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Word History and Origins
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Word History and Origins
Origin of avid1
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Example Sentences
He grew up both a computer geek in the early days of video games and an avid record collector.
Now, just as avid an art collector, Jay Z spoke about the meeting of cultural worlds (and rapped about them) in “Picasso Baby”.
All this time, even back when he was studying at Purdue, Pragnell was an avid home-brewer.
Describing by biographers as an avid writer of letters, little of his correspondence appears available to public view.
Fryberg was an avid hunter, according to his Facebook posts.
The shout of approval showed how avid they were for some direct expression of their accumulated resentment.
The uneventful lives they led year after year made men and women alike avid for anything of the nature of news or incident.
The funny thing is that Wagner never renounced anything: to the end he was greedy, avid of life.
What a break-off, leaving the gasping reader in a state of choking suspense, of avid, ungratified curiosity!
There was a meagre, passionless dulness about the aspect, though at times it quickened into a kind of avid acuteness.
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