Synonyms and Antonyms of appetite
1
a need or desire for food
- don't eat before dinner, as it will spoil your appetite
rapaciousness, rapacity, ravenousness, voraciousness, voracity
malnutrition, starvation, undernourishment
craving, sweet tooth
famine, fast, hunger strike
gluttony, gourmandism, greed, hoggishness
2
a strong wish for something
- an appetite for adventure
appetency, craving, desire, drive, hankering, hunger, itch, jones [slang], letch, longing, lust, passion, pining, thirst, thirstiness, urge, yearning, yen
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
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
fancy, favor, fondness, like, liking, love, love affair, partiality, preference, relish, shine, taste, use
craving, desire, hankering, longing, thirst, yen
enthusiasm, gusto, interest, passion
bias, prejudice
bent, inclination, leaning, propensity, tendency
tooth
palate
weakness
4
urgent desire or interest
- an athlete with an appetite for in-your-face competition
ardor, avidity, avidness, desirousness, eagerness, enthusiasm, excitement, hunger, impatience, keenness, lust, thirst
alacrity, quickness
ambition, gusto, zest
appetence, appetency, fervency, passion, warmth, zeal
amenability, readiness, willingness
