Synonyms of hunger

hunger

noun

1

as in appetite

a need or desire for food

no degree of hunger would induce me to eat octopus

Synonyms & Similar Words

• appetite
• starvation
• stomach
• craving
• munchies
• emptiness
• malnutrition
• belly
• famine
• undernourishment
• famishment
• rapacity
• voracity
• greed
• ravenousness
• voraciousness
• fast
• rapaciousness
• gluttony
• sweet tooth
• hunger strike
• hoggishness
• gourmandism

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• satisfaction
• satiety
• fullness
• satiation
• inappetence
• fill
• glut
• repletion
• surfeit
• repleteness

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• satisfaction
• satiety
• fullness
• satiation
• inappetence
• fill
• glut
• repletion
• surfeit
• repleteness

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2

as in thirst

a strong wish for something

a lonely girl with a desperate hunger for love

Synonyms & Similar Words

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

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

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

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

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3

as in enthusiasm

urgent desire or interest

reads everything he can find on airplanes with a seemingly insatiable hunger

Synonyms & Similar Words

• thirst
• enthusiasm
• appetite
• excitement
• impatience
• desirousness
• eagerness
• lust
• ardor
• avidity
• passion
• keenness
• ambition
• avidness
• readiness
• zeal
• quickness
• warmth
• alacrity
• gusto
• zest
• willingness
• fervency
• appetence
• appetency
• amenability

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• indifference
• apathy
• unconcern
• nonchalance
• casualness
• insouciance
• detachment
• aloofness
• languor
• impassivity
• lukewarmness
• languidness
• halfheartedness

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• indifference
• apathy
• unconcern
• nonchalance
• casualness
• insouciance
• detachment
• aloofness
• languor
• impassivity
• lukewarmness
• languidness
• halfheartedness

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Phrases Containing hunger

• from hunger
• hunger (for)

• from hunger
• hunger (for)