Transcription
-
- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- UK Pronunciation
- UK IPA
-
- [kahr-niv-er-uh s]
- /kɑrˈnɪv ər əs/
- /ˈkɑː.nɪ.vɔːr/
-
- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
-
- [kahr-niv-er-uh s]
- /kɑrˈnɪv ər əs/
Definitions of carnivorous word
- adjective carnivorous Carnivorous animals eat meat. 3
- adjective carnivorous Carnivorous can be used, especially humorously, to describe someone who eats meat. 3
- adjective carnivorous (esp of animals) feeding on flesh 3
- adjective carnivorous (of plants such as the pitcher plant and sundew) able to trap and digest insects and other small animals 3
- adjective carnivorous of or relating to the Carnivora 3
- adjective carnivorous aggressively ambitious or reactionary 3
Information block about the term
Origin of carnivorous
First appearance:
before 1640 One of the 44% oldest English words
1640-50; < Latin carnivorus, equivalent to carni- (combining form of carō flesh) + -vorus -vorous
Historical Comparancy
Parts of speech for Carnivorous
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
carnivorous popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 89% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".
carnivorous usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for carnivorous
adj carnivorous
- cannibal — Cannibals are people who eat the flesh of other human beings.
- hungry — having a desire, craving, or need for food; feeling hunger.
- omnivorous — eating both animal and plant foods.
- predatory — Zoology. preying upon other organisms for food.
- rapacious — given to seizing for plunder or the satisfaction of greed.
adjective carnivorous
- scavenging — to take or gather (something usable) from discarded material.
- insectivorous — adapted to feeding on insects.
Antonyms for carnivorous
adj carnivorous
- vegetarian — a person who does not eat or does not believe in eating meat, fish, fowl, or, in some cases, any food derived from animals, as eggs or cheese, but subsists on vegetables, fruits, nuts, grain, etc.
Top questions with carnivorous
- what is the biggest carnivorous dinosaur?
- what was the largest carnivorous dinosaur?
- what does carnivorous mean?
- what animals are carnivorous?
- what was the biggest carnivorous dinosaur?
- where to buy carnivorous plants?
- how to grow carnivorous plants indoors?
- how to take care of carnivorous plants?
- what is carnivorous?
- how do carnivorous plants catch their prey?
- how carnivorous plants work?
- how do carnivorous plants work?
- why do carnivorous plants eat insects?
- what is a carnivorous plant?
- what did carnivorous dinosaurs eat?
See also
Matching words
- Words starting with c
- Words starting with ca
- Words starting with car
- Words starting with carn
- Words starting with carni
- Words starting with carniv
- Words starting with carnivo
- Words starting with carnivor
- Words starting with carnivoro
- Words starting with carnivorou
- Words starting with carnivorous