jones

jones

noun, slang

Definition of JONES

1

a physiological need for certain drugs <that dude had a jones for heroin like you wouldn't believe>

Synonyms dependence (also dependance), habit, jones [slang], monkey

Related Words alcoholism, heroinism, morphinism; habituation, tolerance

2

a strong wish for something <I have a real jones for a milk shake>

Synonyms appetency, appetite, craving, drive, hankering, hunger, itch, jones [slang], letch, longing, lust, passion, pining, thirst, thirstiness, urge, yearning, yen

Related Words compulsion, impulse, impulsion, will, zeal; liking, love, taste, weakness; eagerness, impatience; want, wish; necessity, need, requirement; obsession; acquisitiveness, avarice, avariciousness, avidity, covetousness, cupidity, greed, greediness, rapaciousness, rapacity; cacoëthes, mania

Near Antonyms abhorrence, abomination, allergy, averseness, aversion, disfavor, disgust, disinclination, dislike, disliking, distaste, hatred, loathing, nausea, repugnance, repulsion, revulsion; apathy, indifference, insouciance, nonchalance, unconcern