Synonyms for longing
- noun
- adjective
Definitions
- n. 1
An earnest and deep, not greatly passionate, but rather melancholic desire.
Related words
- Word family
- long
- Phrases
- longing mark
Forms
- Plural
- longings → yearnings, thirsts, desires, cravings…
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Longing is a reaching out with deep and persistent demand for that which is viewed as now distant but at some time attainable; as, the captive's longing for release.
J. C. Fernald, English Synonyms and Antonyms (1914)
Example sentences
- desire It is true that we desire to live in a small town.
- thirst He satisfied his thirst with a large glass of beer.
- craving I am always craving new knowledge about anything.
- yearning Nothing can keep me from yearning for freedom.
By length
- 3 letters
- yen1
- 4 letters
- hope1, wish1, urge1, lust1, itch1
- 5 letters
- eager2, yearn1
- 6 letters
- desire3, thirst1
- 7 letters
- craving2, wishful2, wistful2
- 8 letters
- appetite3, yearning2, desirous3
- 9 letters
- eagerness3, hankering3
- 10 letters
- aspiration4, hungriness
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (eager2 = 2 syllables).