Synonyms for lust
- noun
- verb
Synonyms by meaning
Noun
1. Concupiscence
concupiscence, carnality, lasciviousness, lewdness, lechery, prurience, lecherousness, lustfulness, pruriency, lubricity
3. Desire
desire, love, passion, craving, pleasure, appetite, cupidity, mind, urge, yearn, aphrodisia, longing, itch, inclination, liking
Other
salacity, libidinosity, pride dated
Verb
Definitions
- n. 1
Virility; vigour; active power.
- n. 2
A feeling of strong desire, especially such a feeling driven by sexual arousal.
Seeing Leslie fills me with a passionate lust.
- v. 1
To look at or watch with a strong desire, especially of a sexual nature.
Related words
- Word family
- luster lustful lustihood lustily lustiness lusty lustfulness
- Phrases
- angel lust lust murder lust after
- Is a kind of
- craving
Example sentences
- desire It is true that we desire to live in a small town.
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| lust | rising | |
| lewdness | steady | |
| carnality | rising | |
| concupiscence | rising | |
| lasciviousness | rising | |
| desire | rising |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 4 letters
- love1, mind1, urge1, itch1
- 5 letters
- pride1, crave1, vigor2, yearn1
- 6 letters
- desire3, hunger2, liking2, thirst1, starve1, vigour, hanker2
- 7 letters
- chamber2, passion2, craving2, longing2, potency3, lechery, blissom
- 8 letters
- pleasure2, appetite3, virility4, lewdness, cupidity4, salacity
- 9 letters
- carnality, lubricity4, prurience, pruriency, lustihood
- 10 letters
- aphrodisia
- 11 letters
- inclination4, lustfulness
- 12 letters
- libidinosity
- 13 letters
- concupiscence, lecherousness
- 14 letters
- lasciviousness
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (vigor2 = 2 syllables).