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Synonyms for hungry

  • adjective

Most common

starving famished ravenous greedy eager desirous

Synonyms by meaning

Adjective

1. Starving — affected by hunger; having the physical need for food

starving, famished, ravenous, starved informal, peckish informal, greedy, voracious, sharp-set dated, esurient rare

2. Eager — eager; having an avid desire or appetite for something

eager, desirous, athirst rare

Other

empty

Antonyms

satiated, sated, stuffed

All antonyms of hungry →

Definitions

  1. adj. 1

    Affected by hunger; having the physical need for food.

    He was so hungry he could eat two burgers.

  2. adj. 2

    Eager; having an avid desire or appetite for something.

    the students are hungry to learn

Related words

Word family
hungrily hungriness
Phrases
go hungry hungry ghost hungry rice
Is a kind of
desirous

Example sentences

  • starving Tom probably isn't in danger of starving to death.
  • greedy Don't be so greedy or you'll wind up with nothing.
  • ravenous Whenever I'm worried, I work up a ravenous appetite.
  • famished The villagers were afraid of the famished bears.
  • empty An empty stomach doesn't help on the mental front.

Popularity over time

Word1850 → 2019Trend
hungryrising
starvingrising
greedyrising
ravenousrising
famishedrising
emptyrising

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

By length

5 letters
empty2, eager2
6 letters
greedy2
7 letters
starved1, peckish, athirst
8 letters
starving2, ravenous3, desirous3, famished2, esurient
9 letters
voracious3

The small number after each word is its number of syllables (empty2 = 2 syllables).