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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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As oil prices dropped and PdVSA became a piggy bank for Chávez’s pet projects, including the sale of chickens, oil production slumped.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 15, 2026

So, of course, it’s not just that he’s arrogating the piggy bank to himself.

From Slate • Oct. 17, 2025

UK retailers are being "raided like a piggy bank", the boss of Marks & Spencer has said, as the sector faces rising taxes.

From BBC • Feb. 9, 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

Claudia and her brother had ended up using the fountain as their own private piggy bank.

From "Shooting Kabul" by N. H. Senzai