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

These included important reporting about resignations, behind-the-scenes arguments, and diplomatic cables about matters such as mass starvation in Gaza. — Literary Hub, 22 Oct. 2026

These factors have likely combined to contribute to a mass starvation event, Boland said. — Stephanie Zappelli, Sacbee.com, 22 Oct. 2026

The methods alleged include starvation, electric shock, asphyxiation and beatings. — Alice Gainer, CBS News, 15 Oct. 2026

However, sometime within the past three years, an unknown person apparently hacked the mission’s voicemail, rerecording the greeting message as a satirical monologue about mass starvation and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un. — Max Saltman, CNN Money, 6 Oct. 2026