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avid

[ av-id ]

adjective

  1. showing great enthusiasm for or interest in:

    an avid moviegoer.

    Synonyms: fanatic, zealous, dedicated, devoted, keen, ardent, enthusiastic

    Antonyms: reluctant, apathetic, indifferent

  2. extremely desirous; eager; greedy (often followed by for or sometimes of ):

    avid for pleasure; avid of power.

    Synonyms: rapacious, insatiable, hungry, covetous

    Antonyms: loath, disdainful



avid

/ ˈævɪd /

adjective

  1. very keen; enthusiastic

    an avid reader

  2. postpositive; often foll by for or of eager (for); desirous (of); greedy (for)

    avid for revenge

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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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

Origin of avid1

First recorded in 1760–70; from French avide, from Latin avidus, equivalent to av(ēre) “to crave” + -idus adjective suffix; -id 4
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Word History and Origins

Origin of avid1

C18: from Latin avidus, from avēre to long for
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Synonym Study

Avid, eager, keen all share the sense of strongly desirous. Avid suggests a desire akin to greed, so strong as to be insatiable: driven by an avid need for fame and recognition. Eager implies a desire that is strong and impatient but less than overpowering: eager to try his hand at new tasks. Keen carries a sense of zest and active, alert desire: an amateur painter, ever keen to try new techniques.
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Example Sentences

Favorite books can be displayed vertically stacked in between, which makes this a great and thoughtful choice for avid readers.

Gellert, 48, is an avid climber and backcountry snowboarder who has ridden all over the world.

Previously, Johnson, an avid rock climber, had been vice president of technical outdoor for the company, leading groups that built products for everything from trail running to snowboarding.

Political scientist Salma Mousa of Stanford University, an avid soccer fan who grew up in the Middle East, wondered if the popular sport could bring those communities together.

The Sunday in late April that the avid runner became ill started like any other and included a seven-mile run.

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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