- hunger
- n1. hungriness, appetite, appetition, appetence, stomach, taste; tapeworm, Pathol. bulimia, canine appetite, Inf. sweet tooth; ravenousness, edacity, voraciousness. 5252. craving, thirst, coveting, want; yearning, longing, pining, desire, yen, Inf. hankering; urge, mania, cacoethes.v3. be hungry, feel hunger, have a good appetite, crave food, Inf. starve, be ravenous, Inf. lick one's chops.4. want, long for, pine for, yearn for, Inf. hanker for, have a yen for; itch for, ache for, be hurting for, be dying for, burn for, die for; covet, crave, thirst after, lust after, pant after, desire, gasp for.
A Note on the Style of the synonym finder. 2014.