Predatory
Predatory adjective - Living by killing and eating other animals.
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Synonyms for Predatory
Selfish and predatory are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Selfish" instead an adjective "Predatory".
Mutual synonyms
Related pairs
- greedy and predatory
- greedy and selfish
- covetous and predatory
- covetous and selfish
- acquisitive and predatory
- acquisitive and selfish
- desirous and predatory
- desirous and selfish
- tight and predatory
- tight and selfish
- mercenary and predatory
- mercenary and selfish
- brutish and predatory
- brutish and selfish
Both words in one sentence
- Vampirism is consistently depicted as predatory and harmful (if it doesn't kill you it either turns you into a zombie or damages your psyche), and most vampires are pure Black (not always evil, but consistently amoral and selfish, traits not valued by most people).
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