Part of Speech
adjective
Origin + Etymology
Late Middle English; Latin
from Old French insaciable or Latin insatiabilis, from in- ‘not’ + satiare ‘fill, satisfy’
Synonyms
- unquenchable
- unappeasable
- uncontrollable
- voracious
Antonyms
- satisfiable
- quenchable
- controllable
Definition
not satiable; incapable of being satisfied or appeased
Example
The student had an insatiable hunger for knowledge.
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