What does omnivorous mean?
Omnivorous means Having a diet which is neither exclusively carnivorous nor exclusively herbivorous..
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/ɑmˈnɪ.vɝ.əs/ · adjective
Having a diet which is neither exclusively carnivorous nor exclusively herbivorous..
The Beckettian progression appears occasionally: while Miss Counihan (static) is an omnivorous reader and Murphy (transitional) a strict non-reader, Cooper is an analphabete.
He was omnivorous in his appetite for knowledge, quite catholic in his range of interests […]
Use omnivorous when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Omnivorous means Having a diet which is neither exclusively carnivorous nor exclusively herbivorous..
The closest synonym depends on the sentence and intended sense.
Possible antonyms include carnivorous, insectivorous, herbivorous.
The Beckettian progression appears occasionally: while Miss Counihan (static) is an omnivorous reader and Murphy (transitional) a strict non-reader, Cooper is an analphabete.
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