1
as in eager
having or marked by an eager and often selfish desire especially for material possessions
stared at the array of jewels with an avid glint in his eye
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as in excited
showing urgent desire or interest
an avid baseball card collector
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Recent Examples of avid
An avid golf enthusiast with deep industry connections, Brass made history in October 2024 as the first female chair of England Golf, the national governing body for the sport.
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Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 28 Feb. 2025
For avid anglers, the hotel offers expeditions with a local fisherman who knows all the secret spots around the island.
—Laura Begley Bloom, AFAR Media, 27 Feb. 2025
In his final years, Hackman appeared to be an avid novelist.
—Lily Ford, The Hollywood Reporter, 27 Feb. 2025
An avid dancer and photographer, Dondé likes to incorporate his artistic passions into his bar offerings, often naming creative libations after his most beloved tunes and entertainers.
—Kristin Tablang, Forbes, 26 Feb. 2025
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Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 28 Feb. 2025
For avid anglers, the hotel offers expeditions with a local fisherman who knows all the secret spots around the island.
—Laura Begley Bloom, AFAR Media, 27 Feb. 2025
In his final years, Hackman appeared to be an avid novelist.
—Lily Ford, The Hollywood Reporter, 27 Feb. 2025
An avid dancer and photographer, Dondé likes to incorporate his artistic passions into his bar offerings, often naming creative libations after his most beloved tunes and entertainers.
—Kristin Tablang, Forbes, 26 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for avid
Adjective
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The test kitchen concept is one that Milo's is eager to share with the community and their biggest fans.—
Kait Hanson,
Southern Living,
18 Mar. 2025
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The fictional couple’s dynamic was one of the most compelling elements of the original series, and fans will be eager to see how their story unfolds in the new chapter.—
Preezy Brown,
VIBE.com,
18 Mar. 2025
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March Madness is here and fans are excited to watch one of the more popular events of the sports calendar year.—
Mark Davis,
Newsweek,
16 Mar. 2025
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While some locals are excited to gossip about the church, others are much more tight-lipped.—
Guthrie Scrimgeour,
Rolling Stone,
16 Mar. 2025
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The family drama comedy follows a Gen Z content creator who returns to her ancestral home for viral content, only to encounter her deceased brother’s ghost and deal with greedy relatives.—
Naman Ramachandran,
Variety,
17 Mar. 2025
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Along that greedy path, he has been sued by the US Securities and Exchange Commission three separate times.—
DP Opinion,
The Denver Post,
11 Mar. 2025
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Then the good fortunes of an enthusiastic screening at France's Annecy International Animation Film Festival in June of 2024 landed the project a theatrical distribution partner in the indie firm, Ketchup Entertainment.—
Jeff Spry,
Space.com,
14 Mar. 2025
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Like Lynch, Coulson was an enthusiastic practitioner of transcendental meditation, which Green was also persuaded to try.—
Pat Saperstein,
Variety,
14 Mar. 2025
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The prominent credit-card swiper offers 15 minutes for the high price of $15, and the show follows up on the Gemstones’ mercenary shamelessness later when someone working the telethon phone bank asks for a donor’s routing number.—
Scott Tobias,
Vulture,
16 Mar. 2025
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Vladimir Putin has relied on mercenary and convict soldiers, combined with lavish bonuses for poor Russians who volunteer to try their luck against killer Ukrainian robots on the steppe.—
Graeme Wood,
The Atlantic,
5 Mar. 2025
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Heinlein's book has been the subject of some controversy, as its ardent militarism and unsympathetic rendering of alien antagonists have been widely described as fascist.—
Wesley Stenzel,
EW.com,
15 Mar. 2025
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The sea of ardent fans answered his call to repeat his tagline, too.—
Mankaprr Conteh,
Rolling Stone,
15 Mar. 2025
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This nation state, my home, is built on a quagmire of lies sold to the young as truths; sold to the insecure as truths; sold by the avaricious, the power-hungry, the conceited, the overwhelmingly white and male.—
Christine Winter,
Artforum,
1 Mar. 2025
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Pearce plays Van Buren as hungry and avaricious even in his kinder moments, a man of immense wealth whose primary desire is to own more and more.—
David Sims,
The Atlantic,
10 Jan. 2025
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While Gen Z has been characterized by some hiring teams as more difficult to train and less likely to be a team player, the younger generation is actually more keen to return to the office than others might suspect.—
Faisal Kutty,
Newsweek,
12 Mar. 2025
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Honda, for example, is looking into similar technology, though other automakers haven’t been as keen, perhaps in part because demand for EVs has recently slowed.—
Erik Shilling,
Robb Report,
12 Mar. 2025
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“Avid.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/avid. Accessed 23 Mar. 2025.
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