Synonyms of longing

longing 1 of 3

noun

as in desire

a strong wish for something

by four o'clock in the afternoon, I usually experience a strong longing for chocolate

Synonyms & Similar Words

• desire
• craving
• thirst
• urge
• hunger
• yearning
• passion
• appetite
• lust
• pining
• taste
• itch
• wish
• yen
• drive
• hankering
• love
• compulsion
• thirstiness
• zeal
• appetency
• impulse
• jones
• need
• liking
• eagerness
• impatience
• letch
• will
• impulsion
• requirement
• weakness
• necessity
• obsession
• want
• greed
• avarice
• acquisitiveness
• cupidity
• greediness
• rapacity
• avidity
• covetousness
• mania
• avariciousness
• rapaciousness
• cacoëthes

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

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

longing

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adjective

as in pining

Synonyms & Similar Words

• pining
• craving
• covetous
• ambitious
• restless
• hankering
• obsessed
• happy
• breathless
• appetent
• restive
• interested
• engaged
• eager
• hung up
• willing
• ready
• anxious
• glad
• desirous
• hungry
• impatient
• enthusiastic
• game
• ardent
• disposed
• excited
• amenable
• solicitous
• thirsty
• inclined
• pumped
• avid
• voracious
• antsy
• greedy
• unreluctant
• great
• agog
• nuts
• stoked
• athirst
• keen
• wild
• raring
• crazy
• gung ho
• enthused
• geeked
• hepped up
• hopped-up
• hot
• juiced

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• indifferent
• apathetic
• casual
• unenthusiastic
• uninterested
• unconcerned
• nonchalant
• disinterested
• detached
• aloof
• insouciant
• incurious
• unwilling
• reluctant
• stolid
• impassive
• languid
• uneager
• languorous
• lukewarm
• hesitant
• spiritless
• lackadaisical
• halfhearted
• loath
• averse
• loth
• disinclined
• loathe

longing

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verb

present participle of long

as in yearning

Synonyms & Similar Words

• yearning
• pining
• fearing
• worrying
• agonizing
• troubling
• chafing
• stressing
• bothering
• sweating
• stewing
• fretting
• despairing
• fussing

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• accepting
• enduring
• taking
• abiding
• sustaining
• bearing
• sticking out
• tolerating
• stomaching