devourer

4 7.2

A person or animal that eats a lot very quickly

noun
/dɪˈvaʊərər/

: devorador

At the buffet, she was known as a devourer, piling her plate high with food.
devourer of worlds
devourer of worlds

Destroyer of worlds, Bringer of chaos, Messenger of all destruction, Devourer of Souls.

Examples

But then all the devourers are feverish in the heat of high summer.

Academic text (1994)
BOOK CLUB is hosted by Jen of Devourer of Books and Nicole of Linus's Blanket.

Blog text (33)
And Twitter tells me that you are a devourer of chocolate.
Delicious, but should not make its devourer overstuffed.

Glamour Dolls (2017)
Galactus, Devourer of Planets.

Vice (2018)
The devourers of worlds.

Dragonwolf (2013)
He is a devourer of books, finishing a whole novel in a single day.
The caterpillar is a devourer of leaves, consuming everything in its path.

Synonyms

guzzler

vsdevourer

Informal

7 5.2

Something that uses a large amount of fuel, power, or data

refers specifically to eager voracious eating rather than general resource use

gourmand

vsdevourer

2 8.1

A person who loves eating and drinking, often too much

stresses eager voracious consumption rather than enjoyment or refined taste

big eater

vsdevourer

2 3.0

A person who eats a lot of food

adds eager voracious sense rather than merely high quantity eating

overeater

vsdevourer

2 3.3

A person who often eats more food than their body needs

highlights eager voracious consumption not only repeated unhealthy eating habit

gobbler

vsdevourer

1 7.9

A person who eats too quickly and greedily

emphasizes overall voracious consumption rather than the swallowing action

gulper

vsdevourer

1 8.2

A person or animal that swallows large amounts of food and drink quickly and greedily

describes eager voracious intake in general not only the swallowing speed

chowhound

vsdevourer

Informal

1 8.2

A person who loves eating and often eats large amounts

focuses on eager voracious consumption rather than simple love or pleasure

real porker

vsdevourer

Offensive

1 9.9

A person who eats too much food

is the general descriptive term for eager voracious consumption rather than slang

gorger

vsdevourer

9.8

A person who eats quickly and greedily

focuses on eager large quantity eating rather than only speed

scoffer

vsdevourer

Archaic

9.9

A person who eats food very quickly and greedily

is about eager, large-scale consumption rather than mere quickness

gormandizer

vsdevourer

Archaic

9.4

A person who eats too much in a greedy way

adds eagerness to the idea, stressing voracious large quantity eating

gourmandizer

vsdevourer

9.9

A person who eats and drinks too much and likes large rich meals

is similar but focuses on eager voracious consumption rather than pleasure

wolfer

vsdevourer

Offensive

9.9

A person who eats very fast and with little table manners

is about eager large-scale consumption not about bad table behaviour

How Voracious

insatiable

39 7.5

devourer

4 7.2

big eater

2 3.0

eater

115 1.0

grazer

1 4.9

Surface Forms

devourer singular

devourers plural

Morphology

devourer = devour (transparent) = devour + er

Agentive suffix '-er' straightforwardly forms 'one who devours' from the verb 'devour'.

Etymology

Devourer comes from the Latin root vorare, which means 'to swallow'. You can see the same root in carnivore, an animal that eats meat, so a devourer is someone or something that eats quickly and in large amounts.