Meanings
comparative more avid · comparative uncommon avider · superlative most avid · superlative uncommon avidest
- Enthusiastic; keen; eager; showing great interest in something or desire to do something.
I'm an avid reader.
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an avid fan of 1960s sci-fi movies
an avid learner of history
A blanket disdain for indigenous foods doesn't explain the delay, because Spain was avid to adopt a different New World root.
1999, Larry Zuckerman, The Potato: How the Humble Spud Rescued the Western WorldWe waited for something to happen, for anything to happen, we were avid for some event to unfold itself out of the burning nothing to save us.
1996, Janette Turner Hospital, Oyster, Virago Press, page 3Synonyms: animated, ardent, big [⇒ thesaurus] [on], bubbly, eager, earnest, ebullient, energetic
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectiveEnthusiastic; keen; eager; showing great interest in something or desire to do something.
More synonyms by meaning
adjective(often followed by ‘for’) ardently or excessively desirous
adjectivemarked by active interest and enthusiasm
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Latinavidu
- Frenchavide
- Englishavid
From French avide, from Latin avidus (“eager, desirous; greedy”), from aveō (“wish, desire, long for, crave”).
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Arabic نَهِم, مُتَحَمِّس
- نَهِم (nahim)enthusiastic; passionate
- مُتَحَمِّس (mutaḥammis)enthusiastic; passionate
Bulgarian страстен, алчен
- страстен (strasten)enthusiastic; passionate
- алчен (alčen)longing eagerly; eager; greedy
- лаком (lakom)longing eagerly; eager; greedy
- ненаситен (nenasiten)longing eagerly; eager; greedy
Catalan àvid
- àvidenthusiastic; passionate
Czech nadšený, vášnivý
- nadšenýenthusiastic; passionate
- vášnivýenthusiastic; passionate
- zanícenýenthusiastic; passionate
- zapálenýenthusiastic; passionate
- dychtivýlonging eagerly; eager; greedy
- náruživýlonging eagerly; eager; greedy
Dutch gretig
- gretigenthusiastic; passionate
Esperanto avida
- avidalonging eagerly; eager; greedy
Finnish innokas, kärkäs
- innokasenthusiastic; passionate
- kärkäslonging eagerly; eager; greedy
French avide
- avideenthusiastic; passionate
German passioniert, begeistert
- passioniertenthusiastic; passionate
- begeistertenthusiastic; passionate
- eifrigenthusiastic; passionate
- leidenschaftlichenthusiastic; passionate
- enthusiastischenthusiastic; passionate
- sich verzehrend nachlonging eagerly; eager; greedy
- sich sehnendlonging eagerly; eager; greedy
- gieriglonging eagerly; eager; greedy
Hebrew נלהב, משתוקק
- נלהבenthusiastic; passionate
- משתוקקlonging eagerly; eager; greedy
Italian avido, avido
- avidoenthusiastic; passionate
- avidolonging eagerly; eager; greedy
Latin avidus, avidus
- avidusenthusiastic; passionate
- aviduslonging eagerly; eager; greedy
Polish zapalony
- zapalonyenthusiastic; passionate
Portuguese ávido, ávido
- ávidoenthusiastic; passionate
- ávidolonging eagerly; eager; greedy
Russian зая́длый, стра́стный
- зая́длый (zajádlyj)enthusiastic; passionate
- стра́стный (strástnyj)enthusiastic; passionate
- а́лчный (álčnyj)longing eagerly; eager; greedy
Scottish Gaelic gionach, gionach
- gionachenthusiastic; passionate
- gionachlonging eagerly; eager; greedy
Slovak nadšený
- nadšenýenthusiastic; passionate
Spanish ávido, fiebrudo
- ávidoenthusiastic; passionate
- fiebrudoenthusiastic; passionate
- fiebrúenthusiastic; passionate
- fiebrúaenthusiastic; passionate
- ávidolonging eagerly; eager; greedy
Ukrainian завзятий, палкий
- завзятий (zavzjatyj)enthusiastic; passionate
- палкий (palkyj)enthusiastic; passionate
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avid. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/avid
“avid.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/avid. Accessed November 2, 2026.
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