Synonyms for yearn
- verb
- noun
Synonyms by meaning
Verb
3. Pant — to have a strong desire for something or to do something; to long for or to do something. To long for…
Noun
Definitions
- v. 1
To have a strong desire for something or to do something; to long for or to do something. To long for something in the past with melancholy or nostalgia.
- v. 2
Of milk: to curdle, especially in the cheesemaking process.
- v. 3
To have a strong desire for something or to do something; to long for or to do something.
All I yearn for is a simple life.
- n. 1
A strong desire or longing; a yearning, a yen.
Example sentences
- crave I crave change but lack the energy to pursue it.
- aspire Sometimes little kids aspire to be strange things.
- covet Do not covet your neighbor’s wife.
- hanker I began to hanker after eating an authentic pretzel.
- salivate The patient began to salivate profusely after taking the medication.
- languish Now that I've lost him, all I can do is languish.
By length
- 3 letters
- run1, yen1
- 4 letters
- long1, born1, earn1, pine1, urge1, sigh1, lust1, ache1, itch1, pant1
- 5 letters
- jones1, crave1, covet2
- 6 letters
- desire3, hunger2, thirst1, aspire2, darken2, hanker2
- 7 letters
- craving2, longing2
- 8 letters
- appetite3, languish2, salivate3
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (covet2 = 2 syllables).
In other languages
- Français
- regretter
- Italiano
- rimpiangere
- Español
- echar de menos
- Català
- recar