Thesaurus:craving
THESAURUS | craving |
English
Synonyms
- ache (idiomatic)
- appetency
- appetite (figurative)
- craving
- hankering
- hunger (figurative)
- impulse
- itch (idiomatic)
- jones (US, slang)
- letch (archaic)
- lickerish
- longing
- lust [WS] (archaic)
- pining (archaic)
- thirst (figurative)
- urge
- yearning
- yen
Hyponyms
- itchy feet (idiomatic)
- wanderlust
- —
- lust [WS]
- —
- feening
Hypernyms
- desire [WS]
- need
Various
- addiction
- compulsion
- dependence
- passion
- —
- eat one's heart out (idiomatic, verb)
- set one's heart on (verb)
See also
- Thesaurus:crave
Further reading
- “865. desire” in Roget's Thesaurus, T. Y. Crowell Co., 1911.
- “craving” in Moby Thesaurus II, Grady Ward, 1996.