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
  • One licensed addiction counselor will be at Patrick Henry Middle School, and another will be at Lincoln High School, as part of the pilot.
    — Morgan Matzen, Sioux Falls Argus Leader, 3 Sep. 2026
  • Giribala has alleged that Twisha was struggling with drug addiction.
    — Raven Brunner, PEOPLE, 3 Sep. 2026
Definition of addiction
Noun
  • Latter-day stars politely shrug off the comparisons; fans are chastened by having witnessed how fame — and a craving for control — undid their favorite performer.
    — Bianca Betancourt, CNN Money, 4 Sep. 2026
  • Front-loading protein supports satiety, curbs cravings and stabilizes blood sugar, nutritionists say.
    — Samantha Agate, Kansas City Star, 2 Sep. 2026
Definition of craving
Noun
  • The film centers on Leo and Anne, whose relationship becomes caught in a cycle of attraction and separation as the boundaries between intimacy and dependence, care and control and presence and absence steadily begin to collapse.
    — Elsa Keslassy, Variety, 5 Sep. 2026
  • Maintaining critical propulsion equipment domestically can reduce dependence on overseas industrial capacity when engines require major servicing, potentially improving fleet availability and resilience.
    — Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 5 Sep. 2026
Definition of dependence
Noun
  • This short, high-spirited tall tale careens through an all-Black Oklahoma town bursting with gossip, humor and a thirst for justice.
    — Lizz Schumer, PEOPLE, 2 Sep. 2026
  • Anecdotally, gardeners find that thirst drives this behavior.
    — Brandee Gruener, Southern Living, 2 Sep. 2026
Definition of thirst
Noun
  • Her work in this area could be rewarded in Europe, where there is growing frustration with the United States as a reliable partner in space and a desire to have independent access to orbit for European astronauts.
    — Eric Berger, ArsTechnica, 9 Sep. 2026
  • While Smith was on the IL, backup catcher Dalton Rushing was thrown into the starting role, learning how to balance the defensive responsibility of serving as the main backstop at the major-league level with a desire to also contribute offensively.
    — Assistant Sports Editor, Los Angeles Times, 9 Sep. 2026
Definition of desire
Noun
  • What shines through, however, are the lively longings of Kit herself as the movie doubles down on an interest in science that is only intimated in the novel.
    — Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 4 Sep. 2026
  • As the symbols of the winter of 2026 become folk art in Minnesota, there continues to be a longing for answers, and for a recognition of the lasting damage that the surge inflicted on the state.
    — Emily Witt, New Yorker, 3 Sep. 2026
Definition of longing
Noun
  • But almost immediately, so, too, was the duo’s urge to get back to work.
    — Dan Wiederer, New York Times, 7 Sep. 2026
  • After years staying in her home state during the pandemic, Hagerman has resisted the urge to upsize her house to keep rent costs down.
    — Alex Harring, CNBC, 5 Sep. 2026
Definition of urge
Noun
  • More than half the population is estimated to need humanitarian assistance because of surging gang violence amid deepening poverty and hunger.
    — Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 11 Sep. 2026
  • For more than 40 years, Weld Food Bank has been fighting hunger across all of Weld County.
    — Libby Smith, CBS News, 9 Sep. 2026
Definition of hunger

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“Jones.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/jones. Accessed 11 Sep. 2026.

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