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avid

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Favorite books can be displayed vertically stacked in between, which makes this a great and thoughtful choice for avid readers.

Gellert, 48, is an avid climber and backcountry snowboarder who has ridden all over the world.

Previously, Johnson, an avid rock climber, had been vice president of technical outdoor for the company, leading groups that built products for everything from trail running to snowboarding.

Political scientist Salma Mousa of Stanford University, an avid soccer fan who grew up in the Middle East, wondered if the popular sport could bring those communities together.

The Sunday in late April that the avid runner became ill started like any other and included a seven-mile run.

He grew up both a computer geek in the early days of video games and an avid record collector.

Now, just as avid an art collector, Jay Z spoke about the meeting of cultural worlds (and rapped about them) in “Picasso Baby”.

All this time, even back when he was studying at Purdue, Pragnell was an avid home-brewer.

Describing by biographers as an avid writer of letters, little of his correspondence appears available to public view.

Fryberg was an avid hunter, according to his Facebook posts.

The shout of approval showed how avid they were for some direct expression of their accumulated resentment.

The uneventful lives they led year after year made men and women alike avid for anything of the nature of news or incident.

The funny thing is that Wagner never renounced anything: to the end he was greedy, avid of life.

What a break-off, leaving the gasping reader in a state of choking suspense, of avid, ungratified curiosity!

There was a meagre, passionless dulness about the aspect, though at times it quickened into a kind of avid acuteness.

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On this page you'll find 78 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to avid, such as: ardent, devoted, eager, fanatical, fervent, and hungry.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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