[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

avid \av"id\, a. l. avidus, fr. av?re to long: cf. f. avide.
   see avarice.
   longing eagerly for; eager; greedy. "avid of gold, yet
   greedier of renown." --southey.
   1913 webster
see also:
avarice 

[2] : WordNet (r) 2.0

avid
     adj 1: often followed by `for' ardently or excessively desirous;
            "avid for adventure"; "an avid ambition to succeed";
            "fierce devouring affection"; "the esurient eyes of an
            avid curiosity"; "greedy for fame" syn: devouringa,
             esurient, greedy
     2: marked by active interest and enthusiasm; "an avid sports
        fan"; "a great walker"; "an eager beaver" syn: great, eager,
         zealous
see also:
devouringa esurient greedy great eager zealous 

[3] : Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

76 moby thesaurus words for "avid":
   a hog for, acquisitive, agog, alacritous, all agog, all-devouring,
   animated, anxious, ardent, athirst, avaricious, bottomless,
   breathless, bursting to, coveting, covetous, craving, desirous,
   devouring, eager, esurient, forward, full of life, gluttonous,
   gobbling, grabby, grasping, greedy, hoggish, impatient,
   importunate, insatiable, insatiate, insistent, keen, limitless,
   lively, mercenary, miserly, money-hungry, money-mad, omnivorous,
   overgreedy, panting, piggish, pressing, prompt, quenchless, quick,
   rapacious, raring to, ravening, ravenous, ready, ready and willing,
   slakeless, sordid, spirited, swinish, thirsty, unappeasable,
   unappeased, unquenchable, unsated, unsatisfied, unslakeable,
   unslaked, urgent, venal, vital, vivacious, vivid, voracious,
   wanting, wishful, zestful

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