Antonyms for avid

Grammar : Adj

Spell : av-id

Phonetic Transcription : ˈæv ɪd

Definition of avid

Origin : 1769, from French avide (15c.), from Latin avidus "longing eagerly, desirous, greedy," from avere "to desire eagerly." Also in part a back-formation from avidity. Related: Avidly.

adj enthusiastic

Example sentences :

He cast a glance about him, his eye, avid with curiosity, held rigidly in restraint.
Extract from : « The Leopard Woman » by Stewart Edward White

The "brass hats," as Blake had foreseen, were avid for details.
Extract from : « Astounding Stories of Super-Science, November, 1930 » by Various

There was much traders' blood in Venice, and, trader-like, she was avid of possessions.
Extract from : « The Life of Cesare Borgia » by Raphael Sabatini

She flung herself on him with the avid girlishness of a Bengal tiger.
Extract from : « Pagan Passions » by Gordon Randall Garrett

The reading public is avid of good books, but it does not hear about them.
Extract from : « Pipefuls » by Christopher Morley

He saw the people who had not left Ensfield joined by avid visitors.
Extract from : « The Pirates of Ersatz » by Murray Leinster

It is as avid and relentless in devising ant-traps as elephant-snares.
Extract from : « Frenzied Finance » by Thomas W. Lawson

The paper was read with avid interest, criticized, commended.
Extract from : « Prudence Says So » by Ethel Hueston

There was something frightening, Nicole thought, in the avid light in her eyes.
Extract from : « Shaman » by Robert Shea

He can never put his avid hand on that word of words—it is pre-empted.
Extract from : « Christian Science » by Mark Twain (Samuel Clemens)

Synonyms for avid

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