Definition of predatory

Scrabble & Words with friends points

• predatory is a valid Scrabble US word with a point value of 15
• predatory is a valid Scrabble UK word with a point value of 15
• predatory is a valid Words with friends word with a point value of 15

Definition of predatory

• characterized by plundering or pillaging or marauding (adjective)

  Examples

  1. predatory warfare

  Synonyms

  1. marauding
  2. raiding
• living by preying on other animals especially by catching living prey (adjective)

  Examples

  1. a predatory bird

  Synonyms

  1. rapacious
  2. raptorial
  3. ravening
  4. vulturine
  5. vulturous
• living by or given to victimizing others for personal gain (adjective)

  Examples

  1. predatory capitalists
  2. a predatory, insensate society in which innocence and decency can prove fatal

  Synonyms

  1. predaceous
  2. predacious

See definition of predatory in Merriam Webster