Thesaurus:craving

Thesaurus

craving

English

Noun

Sense: a strong desire

Synonyms

• ache (idiomatic)
• appetency
• appetite (figurative)
• craving
• hankering
• hunger (figurative)
• impulse
• itch (idiomatic)
• jones (US, slang)
• letch (archaic)
• lickerish
• longing
• lust    [⇒ thesaurus] (archaic)
• pining (archaic)
• thirst (figurative)
• urge
• yearning
• yen

Hyponyms

• itchy feet (idiomatic)
• wanderlust
•   —
• lust    [⇒ thesaurus]
•   —
• feening

Hypernyms

• desire    [⇒ thesaurus]
• need

Various

• addiction
• compulsion
• dependence
• passion
•   —
• eat one's heart out (idiomatic, verb)
• set one's heart on (verb)

See also

• Thesaurus:crave

Further reading

• “865. desire” in Roget's Thesaurus, T. Y. Crowell Co., 1911.
• “craving” in Moby Thesaurus II, Grady Ward, 1996.