Synonyms of famished

famished

adjective

ˈfa-misht 

1

as in hungry

feeling a desire or need for food

after a full day of skiing, I was feeling absolutely famished

Synonyms & Similar Words

• hungry
• starving
• starved
• peckish
• ravenous
• empty
• undernourished
• malnourished
• voracious
• underfed
• wolfish
• insatiable
• rapacious
• gluttonous
• greedy
• piggish
• hoggish
• piggy
• gormandizing

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• satisfied
• sated
• satiated
• full
• overfed
• glutted
• surfeited
• gorged
• overstuffed
• stuffed
• engorged
• satiate
• overfull
• replete

2

as in impoverished

lacking money or material possessions

a group of local citizens working to ease the plight of the famished families in their community

Synonyms & Similar Words

• impoverished
• poor
• broke
• beggared
• needy
• penniless
• destitute
• deprived
• impecunious
• bankrupt
• indigent
• pauperized
• penurious
• necessitous
• needful
• beggarly
• depressed
• dirt-poor
• down-and-out
• poverty-stricken
• skint
• out of pocket
• hard up
• threadbare
• bankrupted
• out at elbows
• disadvantaged
• distressed
• underprivileged
• dispossessed
• ruined
• down on one's luck
• unaffluent
• insolvent
• pinched
• reduced
• straitened
• bust
• short
• poorish
• cash-strapped
• hardscrabble
• hand-to-mouth
• possessionless
• tapped out
• low

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• wealthy
• rich
• affluent
• fat
• moneyed
• well-to-do
• opulent
• flush
• comfortable
• well-off
• prosperous
• well-heeled
• fat-cat
• deep-pocketed
• silk-stocking

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of famished

Hiking the craggy landscape of Pinnacles National Park, forged by volcanic eruptions so long ago, might leave one as famished as a California condor — which indeed call these badlands home. — John Metcalfe, Mercury News, 11 Mar. 2026

Last year, the Arizona Department of Game and Fish recorded a spike in human-bear conflicts, evidence that food scarcity was driving famished bears into human territory. — Shi En Kim, AZCentral.com, 20 Feb. 2026

The famished can enjoy acai bowls, smoothies, toasts (avocado or almond butter and jam), sandwiches, pastries and wraps. — Brock Keeling, Oc Register, 17 Feb. 2026

The fan base is well past famished for a seventh. — Cedric Golden, Austin American Statesman, 6 Feb. 2026