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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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They include a teenage boy with a piggy bank full of videogame winnings, a young woman in need of a heart transplant, a cash-poor film producer and a mute priest.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 27, 2026

The county piggy bank is not being raided, although public bonds still represent a subsidy and the assumption of some public risk.

From Slate • Nov. 24, 2025

"I am not and will never allow myself to be a piggy bank for anyone to shake," he told reporters.

From BBC • Jun. 17, 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

“It’s all a lot of claptrap,” said Uncle Vernon, glaring at Harry with piggy little eyes.

From "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows" by J.K. Rowling