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Synonyms for hunger

18 synonyms
2 antonyms
2 meanings

noun
verb

Most common

desire appetite thirst craving eating famishment

Synonyms by meaning

Noun

1. Thirst

thirst, craving, appetite, desire, urge, yearn, long, pant, thirstiness, hungriness

Other

eating, famishment

Verb

1. Starve

starve, lust, crave, want, hanker

Other

Antonyms

satiation, satiety

All antonyms of hunger →

Definitions

n. 1
A need or compelling desire for food.
v. 1
To be in need of food.

Related words

Word family: hungry
Phrases: hunger knock gold hunger

Forms

Plural: hungers → thirsts, cravings, appetites, desires…
Past participle: hungered
e.g. hungered → starved, lusted, craved, wanted…

Example sentences

desire It is true that we desire to live in a small town.
appetite This is moderately spicy but appetite-stimulating.
thirst He satisfied his thirst with a large glass of beer.
craving I am always craving new knowledge about anything.
eating It was so hot that she felt like eating ice cream.

Popularity over time

Word	1850 → 2019	Trend
hunger		rising
desire		rising
appetite		rising
thirst		rising
craving		rising
eating		rising

Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.

By length

4 letters: want¹, long¹, urge¹, lust¹, pant¹
5 letters: crave¹, yearn¹
6 letters: eating², desire³, thirst¹, starve¹, hanker², famish
7 letters: craving²
8 letters: appetite³
10 letters: hungriness, famishment
11 letters: thirstiness

The small number after each word is its number of syllables (eating² = 2 syllables).

In other languages

Français: faim
Italiano: fame
Español: hambre
Deutsch: Hunger
Català: fam