jones

noun

Definition of jonesnext
slang
1
as in addiction
a physiological need for certain drugs that dude had a jones for heroin like you wouldn't believe

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2
as in craving
a strong wish for something I have a real jones for a milk shake

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Recent Examples of jones Six-figure workers reeling in half a million-dollar salaries are struggling to keep up with the joneses. — Emma Burleigh, Fortune, 22 Mar. 2026 Loyalists of Fripp and his mothership band, King Crimson, have had their prog jones satisfied multiple times in the past few years. — David Browne, Rolling Stone, 2 May 2025 The beltway media world has always had a sort of jones for celebrities, and celebrities have often loved them right back, a mutual appreciation society that reached its apogee during the correspondents’ dinners of the Obama years. — New York Times, 1 May 2022 Kesha is indulging her jones for all things paranormal and unexplained in the upcoming discovery+ series Conjuring Kesha. — Gil Kaufman, Billboard, 14 Oct. 2021 That Jason Momoa has a jones for jeans should come as a surprise to absolutely no one. — Adam Tschorn, latimes.com, 5 June 2019
Recent Examples of Synonyms for jones
  1. addiction
  2. craving
  3. dependence
  4. thirst
  5. desire
  6. longing
  7. urge
  8. hunger
Noun
  • Wrestling with the realities of drug addiction is an endeavor rife with pitfalls for any filmmaker hoping to avoid easy judgment.
    — Robert Abele, Los Angeles Times, 14 Aug. 2026
  • After high school, Levin said, both women battled addiction, went in different directions and lost touch.
    — Ross DiMattei, CBS News, 13 Aug. 2026
Definition of addiction
Noun
  • For kiddos and adults, fruit serves as a healthy alternative to candy, delivering vitamins, fiber, and hydration while satisfying sweet cravings.
    — Sierra Leone Starks, Parents, 10 Aug. 2026
  • Ostensibly, GLP-1s don’t just quiet the appetite but also impact broader cravings.
    — Jesse M. Pines, Forbes.com, 10 Aug. 2026
Definition of craving
Noun
  • Some importing countries will undoubtedly see the disruption as a reason to reduce their dependence on oil, but many may draw the opposite lesson.
    — Jason Bordoff, Foreign Affairs, 14 Aug. 2026
  • Individual accounts lessen dependence on one parent to forward emails or share announcements and help avoid allegations that educational information is being withheld.
    — Rebecca L. Palmer, The Orlando Sentinel, 14 Aug. 2026
Definition of dependence
Noun
  • Still, symptoms can accompany the condition, Rao explains, including fatigue, swelling in the legs or ankles, shortness of breath, frequent urination, increased thirst, or chest discomfort.
    — Daryl Austin, USA Today, 10 Aug. 2026
  • While spit-shining his boots one day in the fall of 1958, Simeon declared to a local reporter his thirst to regain power abroad.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 10 Aug. 2026
Definition of thirst
Noun
  • Emery’s desire to blood Madjo early was ultimately reflected in picking him to start ahead of Tammy Abraham — who the club are willing to listen to offers for — in Salzburg.
    — Jacob Tanswell, New York Times, 13 Aug. 2026
  • Modern food consumption is also a good example of how abundance doesn’t necessarily eliminate the desire for luxury.
    — Preston Fore, Fortune, 12 Aug. 2026
Definition of desire
Noun
  • Anemoia is essentially an imagined memory, a longing built from movies, photographs, and secondhand stories rather than lived experience.
    — Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 14 Aug. 2026
  • Questions around beauty and longing recur, as do keywords (such as ‘password’), names, references and scenic features, but what fascinated me most is that in principle each episode could be read as a little patchy universe on its own.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 11 Aug. 2026
Definition of longing
Noun
  • However, holding pee for a long period of time and ignoring the urge to go might increase the risk of certain problems, such as urinary tract infections.
    — Amber J. Tresca, Verywell Health, 14 Aug. 2026
  • Our research team found that, in abstaining mice, this urge to drink is preceded by changes in the activity of a particular brain region, pointing to potential new screening opportunities to identify and help those most vulnerable to relapse.
    — Marie Doyle, The Conversation, 14 Aug. 2026
Definition of urge
Noun
  • There is a hunger for AI, but a growing distaste for data centers.
    — Christine Condon, Baltimore Sun, 13 Aug. 2026
  • That’s more than 20 million meals provided to children experiencing hunger across Central Florida.
    — Amy Drew Thompson, The Orlando Sentinel, 13 Aug. 2026
Definition of hunger

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“Jones.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/jones. Accessed 18 Aug. 2026.

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