Synonyms of hungry

hungry

adjective

ˈhəŋ-grē 

1

as in starving

feeling a desire or need for food

John was still hungry after eating only a muffin for breakfast

Synonyms & Similar Words

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

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

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

2

as in excited

showing urgent desire or interest

hungry for the latest news

Synonyms & Similar Words

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

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

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

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of hungry

The report also said the companies aggressively seek state and local tax breaks and do not cover the entire cost of the electric-grid buildoutneeded for energy-hungry data centers. — Marc Levy, Chicago Tribune, 22 Oct. 2026

There’s no denying that content creators are where some of the most interesting genre instincts are being developed right now – as Obsession and Backrooms have proven, audiences are hungry for this kind of storytelling. — Matt Grobar, Deadline, 21 Oct. 2026

Switches made from wide-bandgap semiconductors such as silicon carbide could handle far higher voltages than silicon, and the EV industry’s appetite for these materials began driving the cost down just as a hungrier customer arrived. — Alex Pasternack, Scientific American, 20 Oct. 2026

Alibaba, ByteDance, and Tencent have together ordered more than $35 billion worth of Nvidia chips, Reuters reported Tuesday, as China’s compute-hungry tech giants turn to the US. — Brendan Ruberry, semafor.com, 20 Oct. 2026