9 Letter Words for Predatory
portrayed, predatory
8 Letter Words for Predatory
parroted, predator, pretardy, prorated, protrade, teardrop
7 Letter Words for Predatory
adopter, drapery, eardrop, operary, parroty, partyer, petrary, portray, praetor, prorate, protead, readopt, toadery, torreya, tropary
6 Letter Words for Predatory
adorer, arrode, arrope, artery, darter, dartre, daypro, depart, deport, dertra, detray, doater, dorper, dorter, draper, drapet, drapey, dreary, dryrot, orated, parode, parody, parred, parrot, parted, parter, pedary, petard, petary, poetry, porret, ported, porter, potdar, prated, prater, pratey, prayed, prayer, preday, predry, pretor, pretry, proart, protea, raport, rapter, raptor, rarety, ratero, redart, redtop, repart, report, repray, retard, retrad, retrod, roader, roared, roated, ropery, rorted, rotary, tapery, tarred, teapoy, tepary, toader, trader, traped, troade, troped, troper, yarder
5 Letter Words for Predatory
adept, adopt, adore, adret, adrop, apert, apery, apode, aport, apted, apter, arder, ardor, arret, arter, atopy, darer, darre, dater, deary, deota, depot, derat, deray, derry, detar, doaty, doper, dopey, doray, dorey, dorty, doter, drape, drate, drear, dropt, dryer, erato, eyrar, oared, oater, opera, opted, opter, orary, orate, order, oread, otary, padre, parde, pardo, pardy, pared, pareo, parer, parry, parte, parto, party, pated, payed, payer, payor, peart, peaty, pedro, perdy, perry, perty, petar, petro, pored, porer, poret, porry, porta, porte, porty, poted, poter, prado, prate, praty, preta, prore, prote, raped, raper, rared, rated, rater, rayed, ready, redry, repad, repay, repot, repro, repry, retar, retro, retry, roady, roary, roate, roped, roper, rorty, roted, roter, royet, ryder, ryper, taped, taper, tarde, tardo, tardy, tared, tarre, tarry, tayer, teary, tepor, tepoy, terap, terra, terry, toady, today, todea, toped, toper, tored, toyed, toyer, trade, trady, trape, tread, troad, trode, trope, tryer, trypa, typed, typer, yarer, yarto, yeard, yrapt
4 Letter Words for Predatory
adet, ador, adry, aero, aped, aper, apod, ared, aret, arte, arty, ated, atop, atry, ayre, daer, dare, darr, dart, date, dato, dear, depa, depr, dept, dero, doat, doer, dopa, dope, dora, dore, dorp, dorr, dort, dory, dote, doty, drap, drat, dray, drey, drop, dyer, eard, erat, eyot, eyra, oary, oaty, odea, oder, oped, orad, orae, ored, orra, oyer, pard, pare, parr, part, patd, pate, pato, paty, paye, payt, pear, peat, peda, pert, peta, peto, poet, pore, porr, port, pory, pote, prad, prao, prat, pray, pred, pret, prey, proa, prod, pyat, pyet, pyot, pyre, pyro, rade, rape, rapt, rare, rate, rato, read, reap, rear, redo, repo, repr, rept, retd, road, roar, rode, roed, roer, roey, rope, ropy, rort, rory, rota, rote, royt, ryot, rype, tade, taed, tape, tare, taro, tarp, tarr, tead, teap, tear, tedy, tepa, tera, terp, terr, toad, toda, tode, tody, toea, toed, toey, tope, tore, torr, trad, trap, tray, trey, trod, trop, troy, trye, tryp, tyde, tyed, tyer, type, typo, tyro, tyrr, yade, yard, yare, yarr, yate, yead, year, yeat, yedo, yerd, yeta, yode, yore, yote
3 Letter Words for Predatory
ade, ado, adp, ady, aer, aor, ape, apr, apt, ard, are, arr, art, ary, ate, atp, aye, ayr, dae, dao, dap, dar, dat, day, dea, dep, der, det, dey, doa, doe, dop, dor, dot, dpt, dry, dye, ead, ear, eat, edo, edp, epa, era, erd, err, ert, eta, ety, eyr, oad, oar, oat, oda, ode, oer, opa, ope, opt, ora, ord, ore, ort, ory, oye, pad, par, pat, pay, pea, ped, per, pet, poa, pod, por, pot, poy, pre, pro, pry, pta, pte, pty, pya, pye, pyr, rad, rap, rat, ray, rea, red, rep, rod, roe, rot, rpt, rte, rya, rye, tad, tao, tap, tar, tay, tdr, tea, ted, ter, toa, tod, toe, top, tor, toy, tpd, tra, trp, try, tye, typ, tyr, yad, yap, yar, yat, yea, yed, yeo, yep, yer, yet, yod, yoe, yor, yot
Definitions for Predatory
[1] Zoology . preying upon other organisms for food.
[2] of, relating to, or characterized by plunder, pillage, robbery, or exploitation: predatory tactics.
[3] engaging in or living by these activities: predatory bands of brigands.
[4] excessive or exploitive in amount or cost, as out of greed or to take advantage of consumers or patrons: predatory pricing.
[5] acting with or possessed by overbearing, rapacious, or selfish motives: He was cornered at the party by a predatory reporter.
[6] zoology another word for predacious (def. 1)
[7] of, involving, or characterized by plundering, robbing, etc
Words related to Predatory
rapacious, voracious, greedy, marauding, bloodthirsty, carnivorous, hungry, hunting, preying, thieving, predacious, raptorial, ravaging, ravening, vulturine, vulturous, wolfish
Words nearby Predatory
predate, predation, predation pressure, predatism, predator, predatory, predatory pricing, predawn, predecease, predecessor, predecidual
Origin of Predatory
From the Latin word praedātōrius, dating back to 1580–90. See predator, -tory1
Other words from Predatory
pred·a·to·ri·ly , adverb
pred·a·to·ri·ness , noun
non·pred·a·to·ri·ly , adverb
non·pred·a·to·ri·lyness , noun
non·pred·a·to·ry , adjective
un·pred·a·to·ry , adjective
Word origin for Predatory
C16: from Latin praedātōrius rapacious, from praedārī to pillage, from praeda booty
Synonyms for Predatory
greedy, marauding, rapacious, voracious, bloodthirsty, carnivorous, depredatory, despoiling, hungry, hunting, pillaging, plundering, predacious, predative, preying, raptorial, ravaging, ravening, thieving, vulturine, vulturous, wolfish
