predacious

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A form of predaceous — Surviving by preying on other animals.

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predaceouscarnivorouspredatoryacquisitive
OriginLatin praedor →
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Meanings

adjectivepredacious (comparative more predacious, superlative most predacious)

comparative more predacious · superlative most predacious

  1. alternativeAlternative spelling of predaceous.

    ‘Behold the predacious lion that butchered our flock!’

    2017, Hernan Diaz, In the Distance, Daunt Books (2018), page 222

Synonyms & antonyms

adjectivehunting and killing other animals for food

Similar
predaceouscarnivorous

adjectiveliving by or given to victimizing others for personal gain

Similar
predaceouspredatoryacquisitive
Also see
carnivorouspredaceouspredatoryrapacious

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

  1. Latinpraedor
  2. Englishpredacious

From Latin praedor + -acious.

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APA

predacious. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/predacious

MLA

“predacious.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/predacious. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “predacious,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/predacious.

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