Synonyms of starvation

starvation

noun

as in hunger

suffering or death caused by having nothing to eat or not enough to eat; the condition of someone who is starving

The famine brought mass starvation.

Millions of people face starvation every day.

They died from starvation.

Related Words

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

Dissimilar Words

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

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of starvation

The death of the family members by thirst and starvation was definitely a possibility. — David Shulman, The New York Review of Books, 26 Aug. 2026

The Khmer Rouge group that ruled Cambodia from 1975–79 was accused of genocide for causing the deaths of so many of their countrymen from executions, starvation, and lack of medical care due to its radical policies. — ABC News, 16 Aug. 2026

Thanks to the grouse’s catholic tastes, there are no known reports of death by starvation. — Tom Huggler, Outdoor Life, 13 Aug. 2026

The outcry of criticism comes as a report used by the United Nations and quoted by much of the world's media projected starvation in Gaza well into June. — Beth Bailey, FOXNews.com, 13 Aug. 2026