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1. Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
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
Dictionary Results for avid:
1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006)
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:
           avid, devouring(a), esurient, greedy]
    2: marked by active interest and enthusiasm; "an avid sports
       fan" [syn: avid, zealous]

2. 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]

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