Synonyms of yen

yen

noun

as in craving

a strong wish for something

I have a strange yen to take the day off from work

Synonyms & Similar Words

• craving
• desire
• thirst
• longing
• urge
• appetite
• hunger
• passion
• lust
• jones
• yearning
• hankering
• taste
• drive
• thirstiness
• letch
• wish
• appetency
• impulse
• pining
• itch
• love
• compulsion
• weakness
• zeal
• liking
• eagerness
• impatience
• need
• greed
• will
• requirement
• obsession
• impulsion
• greediness
• acquisitiveness
• avarice
• necessity
• rapacity
• cupidity
• mania
• avidity
• want
• covetousness
• rapaciousness
• cacoëthes
• avariciousness

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• hatred
• nausea
• aversion
• disgust
• distaste
• repulsion
• revulsion
• allergy
• repugnance
• loathing
• dislike
• disinclination
• abhorrence
• indifference
• disfavor
• abomination
• apathy
• averseness
• nonchalance
• disliking
• unconcern
• insouciance

Phrases Containing yen

• yen (for)

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