predatory C2 Topic:House & Home US /ˈpɹɛdəˌtɔɹi/ UK /ˈpɹɛdət(ə)ɹi/ See IPA manual Freq #24092 Meanings 1 adj living by or given to victimizing others for personal gain Predatory capitalists. 2 adj living by preying on other animals especially by catching living prey A predatory bird. Thesaurus Synonyms 1 adj · living by or given to... predaceous 2 adj · living by preying on other... rapacious More animalivorousexploitive ↔ Opposites dovelike Word family Derived forms antipredatorymacropredatorymesopredatorymicropredatorynonpredatorypredatoriallypredatorilypredatorinesspredatoriousunpredatory Related forms predaceouspredaciouspredationpredatorprey Common collocations predatory animal Adjective + noun Etymology Borrowed from Latin praedātōrius, equivalent to predator + -y. Topics House & Home Word Formation & Derivatives External links Cambridge Dictionary Wiktionary Google Images # predatory **Type:** Word **Level:** C2 **Part of speech:** adj **IPA (US):** /ˈpɹɛdəˌtɔɹi/ **IPA (UK):** /ˈpɹɛdət(ə)ɹi/ **Frequency rank:** 24092 ## Meanings 1. living by or given to victimizing others for personal gain 2. living by preying on other animals especially by catching living prey ## Examples - Predatory capitalists. - A predatory bird. ## Synonyms - predaceous - rapacious - animalivorous - exploitive ## Antonyms - dovelike ## Derived Forms - antipredatory - macropredatory - mesopredatory - micropredatory - nonpredatory - predatorially - predatorily - predatoriness - predatorious - unpredatory ## Related Forms - predaceous - predacious - predation - predator - prey ## Etymology Borrowed from Latin praedātōrius, equivalent to predator + -y. ## Topics - House & Home - Word Formation & Derivatives markdown