omnivorous
Syllables: om·niv·o·rous/ɑmˈnɪ.vɝ.əs/
omnivorous adjective: having a diet which is neither exclusively carnivorous nor exclusively herbivorous.
Adjective
omnivorous (comparative more omnivorous, superlative most omnivorous)
- Having a diet which is neither exclusively carnivorous nor exclusively herbivorous.
- Having an interest in a variety of subjects.
- The Beckettian progression appears occasionally: while Miss Counihan (static) is an omnivorous reader and Murphy (transitional) a strict non-reader, Cooper is an analphabete.1968, Robert Ligon Harrison, Samuel Beckett's Murphy; a critical excursion, page 57
- He was omnivorous in his appetite for knowledge, quite catholic in his range of interests […]2003, Simon Winchester, The Meaning of Everything; The Story of the Oxford English Dictionary, New York: Oxford University Press, page 72
- All-consuming.
- Of a parasite: attacking many species; not confined to a single host plant.
omnivorous meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Urdu and Bengali
omnivorous in Hindi
- having the ability to eat both animal and vegetable food
- सर्वाहारी sarvāhārī
omnivorous in Tamil
- அனைத்துண்ணி, அனைத்துமுண்ணுகின்ற, செடிகொடி ஊனுண்ணி, ஊன் பயிர் உண்ணி
omnivorous in Urdu
- ہر شے کھانے والا
omnivorous in Bengali
- সর্বভুক, সব কিছু খায় এমন
More languagesFewer languages
- omnivorous in Malayalam
- മിശ്രഭുക്കായ, സകലതും തിന്നുന്ന, സർവ്വഭക്ഷകമായ
- omnivorous in Kannada
- ಎಲ್ಲಾ ತಿನ್ನುವ
- omnivorous in Gujarati
- સર્વાહારી sarvāhārī
- omnivorous in Tagalog
- tanankainin
- omnivorous in Arabic
- قَارِت qārit, كَالِش kāliš
- omnivorous in Malay
- maserba
Forms of omnivorous
| comparative | more omnivorous |
|---|---|
| superlative | most omnivorous |
Origin of omnivorous
From omni- + -vorous.
Words formed from omnivorous
Words that rhyme with omnivorous
- carnivorous
- insectivorous
- algivorous
- amphivorous
- aphidivorous
- aurivorous
- baccivorous
- canivorous
- detritivorous
- equivorous
- fructivorous
- frugivorous
26 more rhymesFewer rhymes
- fucivorous
- fungivorous
- graminivorous
- granivorous
- herbivorous
- hominivorous
- larvivorous
- lichenivorous
- lignivorous
- nectarivorous
- oryzivorous
- ovivorous
- phytivorous
- piscivorous
- planktivorous
- plantivorous
- plurivorous
- pollinivorous
- ranivorous
- sanguinivorous
- sanguivorous
- seminivorous
- uncarnivorous
- vegetivorous
- vermivorous
- zooplanktivorous
Questions about omnivorous
- What does omnivorous mean?
- Omnivorous means having a diet which is neither exclusively carnivorous nor exclusively herbivorous.
- What is omnivorous in Hindi?
- Omnivorous in Hindi is सर्वाहारी (sarvāhārī). See Omnivorous meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is omnivorous?
- Omnivorous is an adjective.
- How do you pronounce omnivorous?
- Omnivorous is pronounced /ɑmˈnɪ.vɝ.əs/.
Words near omnivorous in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: omnivorous (page history and authors); omnivorous (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); omnivorous (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); omnivorous (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); omnivorous (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors); omnivorous (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); સર્વાહારી (Gujarati) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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