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appetite

noun

Synonyms and Antonyms of appetite

1 a need or desire for food

  • don't eat before dinner, as it will spoil your appetite
Synonyms of appetite

belly, emptiness, famishment, hunger, munchies, stomach
Words Related to appetite

rapaciousness, rapacity, ravenousness, voraciousness, voracity

malnutrition, starvation, undernourishment

craving, sweet tooth

famine, fast, hunger strike

gluttony, gourmandism, greed, hoggishness
Near Antonyms of appetite

fill, fullness, glut, repleteness, repletion, satiation, satiety, satisfaction, surfeit
Antonyms of appetite

inappetence

2 a strong wish for something

  • an appetite for adventure
Synonyms of appetite

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

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 of appetite

abhorrence, abomination, allergy, averseness, aversion, disfavor, disgust, disinclination, dislike, disliking, distaste, hatred, loathing, nausea, repugnance, repulsion, revulsion

apathy, indifference, insouciance, nonchalance, unconcern

3 positive regard for something

  • he has expensive appetites
Synonyms of appetite

fancy, favor, fondness, like, liking, love, love affair, partiality, preference, relish, shine, taste, use
Words Related to appetite

craving, desire, hankering, longing, thirst, yen

enthusiasm, gusto, interest, passion

bias, prejudice

bent, inclination, leaning, propensity, tendency

tooth

palate

weakness
Near Antonyms of appetite

apathy, disinclination

indifference, unconcern
Antonyms of appetite

aversion, disfavor, disgust, dislike, distaste, hatred, loathing, mislike

4 urgent desire or interest

  • an athlete with an appetite for in-your-face competition
Synonyms of appetite

ardor, avidity, avidness, desirousness, eagerness, enthusiasm, excitement, hunger, impatience, keenness, lust, thirst
Words Related to appetite

alacrity, quickness

ambition, gusto, zest

appetence, appetency, fervency, passion, warmth, zeal

amenability, readiness, willingness
Near Antonyms of appetite

casualness, insouciance, nonchalance, unconcern

aloofness, detachment

impassivity, languidness, languor

halfheartedness, lukewarmness
Antonyms of appetite

apathy, indifference

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