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

Improved monitoring and evidence, including evidence of atrocities and the use of starvation as a weapon, need to be supported if there is to be effective assistance and accountability. — Peter Hailey, The Conversation, 16 July 2026

For Weeks, 19, that mindset shaped his inspiring path to earn his high school diploma despite facing homelessness and starvation. — Erin Clack, PEOPLE, 12 July 2026

In occupied Oleshky, starvation has become a weapon of the occupation. — Anna Husarska, Washington Post, 9 July 2026

Triggered by starvation, exercise, or diet, ketogenesis is an alternative form of energy production. — Mark Gurarie, Verywell Health, 7 July 2026