avid
Americanadjective
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showing great enthusiasm for or interest in.
an avid moviegoer.
- Antonyms:
- reluctant, apathetic, indifferent
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extremely desirous; eager; greedy (often followed by for or sometimesof ).
avid for pleasure; avid of power.
- Synonyms:
- rapacious, rapacious, covetous, insatiable, hungry
- Antonyms:
- loath, disdainful
adjective
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very keen; enthusiastic
an avid reader
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(postpositive; often foll by for or of) eager (for); desirous (of); greedy (for)
avid for revenge
Related Words
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.
Pop Culture
—Avid: A non-linear video editing system developed by Avid Technology, Inc. Best known in the film and video production industry are the Media Composer and Pro Tools video and sound editing software. The Avid editing system was used to edit films such as Iron Man 2, 2012, and Hurt Locker, among many others. Pro Tools was used for the sound edit and mix of Avatar. —AVID: acronym for Advancement Via Individual Determination. A teaching system designed to help underachieving students with high academic potential prepare for entrance to colleges and universities. The system was developed in 1980 by Mary Catherine Swanson, an English teacher from San Diego. —AVID: acronym for American Veterinary Identification Devices. These are microchips that are permanently implanted in a pet to be used for the animal's identification.
Other Word Forms
- avidly adverb
- avidness noun
- unavid adjective
- unavidness noun
Etymology
Origin of avid
First recorded in 1760–70; from French avide, from Latin avidus, equivalent to av(ēre) “to crave” + -idus adjective suffix; -id 4
Example Sentences
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He’s an analyst on ESPN’s “Monday Night Countdown” and an avid pitchman whose face is all over TV on football Sundays.
An avid numerologist, in 1987, he issued new currency in denominations of nine -- a digit considered auspicious, but bewildering shoppers with mental arithmetic.
From Barron's
He was an avid hockey watcher and had directed two Canadian shows with hockey-heavy plots.
He’s an avid hunter and also enjoys collecting “sheds,” antlers dropped annually by deer and elk.
From Los Angeles Times
An avid learner from an early age, Boyce was already reading by age 5 when she entered first grade at Green McAdoo School.
From Los Angeles Times
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