piggy

[pig-ee] / ˈpɪg i /

ADJECTIVE

gluttonous

Synonyms

WEAK

covetous devouring edacious gorging gourmandizing greedy gross hoggish insatiable never full omnivorous piggish prodigious rapacious ravening ravenous sating starved starving unquenchable wolfish

ADJECTIVE

unappeasable

Synonyms

WEAK

avid covetous devouring dog-hungry edacious empty gluttonous gorging grasping greedy gross insatiable omnivorous prodigious rapacious ravening ravenous sating starved starved to death starving uncontrolled unquenchable

ADJECTIVE

voracious

Synonyms

STRONGEST

avid insatiable prodigious rapacious ravenous

WEAK

covetous devouring dog-hungry edacious empty gluttonous gorging grasping gross omnivorous ravening sating starved starved to death starving uncontrolled unquenchable

Antonyms

STRONGEST

full satisfied

WEAK

quenched

NOUN

hog

Synonyms

STRONGEST

boar pig piglet swine

STRONG

porker razorback shoat sow warthog

WEAK

cob roller oinker

NOUN

pig

Synonyms

STRONGEST

boar hog piglet swine

STRONG

porker shoat sow

WEAK

cob roller

Example Sentences

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As oil prices dropped and PdVSA became a piggy bank for Chávez’s pet projects, including the sale of chickens, oil production slumped.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 15, 2026

So, of course, it’s not just that he’s arrogating the piggy bank to himself.

From Slate • Oct. 17, 2025

"Retail is being raided like a piggy bank and it's unacceptable."

From BBC • Feb. 9, 2025

But Mara obviously internalized what he said: When we got home, she opened her piggy bank, which held her income from recent babysitting jobs, to see if she could scrape together the 50 bucks.

From Salon • Aug. 3, 2024

At last count my Einstein piggy bank held $660.26.

From "Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence" by Sonja Thomas

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