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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

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

"Retail is being raided like a piggy bank and it's unacceptable."

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

“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