CRAVING: Synonyms and Related Words. What is Another Word for CRAVING?

Need another word that means the same as “craving”? Find 22 synonyms and 30 related words for “craving” in this overview.

The synonyms of “Craving” are: longing, yearning, hankering, hunger, hungering, thirst, pining, desire, want, wish, fancy, urge, need, appetite, greed, lust, ache, burning, addiction, aspiration, aim, goal

Craving as a Noun

Definitions of "Craving" as a noun

According to the Oxford Dictionary of English, “craving” as a noun can have the following definitions:

• A powerful desire for something.
• An intense desire for some particular thing.

Synonyms of "Craving" as a noun (22 Words)

ache	A continuous or prolonged dull pain in a part of one’s body. An ache in her heart.
addiction	An abnormally strong craving. He committed the offence to finance his drug addiction.
aim	The action of directing something at an object. He took aim and fired.
appetite	A feeling of craving something- Granville Hicks. An appetite for life.
aspiration	The action or process of drawing breath. Bathing solutions were changed by careful aspiration.
burning	The act of burning something. The burning of leaves was prohibited by a town ordinance.
desire	Something desired. They were clinging together in fierce desire.
fancy	Enthusiasts for a sport, especially boxing or racing, considered collectively. He is prone to flights of fancy.
goal	A cage or basket used as a goal in other sports. He achieved his goal of becoming King of England.
greed	Reprehensible acquisitiveness; insatiable desire for wealth (personified as one of the deadly sins. The colonists greed for African land.
hankering	A yearning for something or to do something. He had a hankering to return to Scotland.
hunger	A feeling of discomfort or weakness caused by lack of food, coupled with the desire to eat. They died from cold and hunger.
hungering	A physiological need for food; the consequence of food deprivation.
longing	A yearning desire. Miranda felt a wistful longing for the old days.
need	A thing that is wanted or required. He had sufficient means to meet his simple needs.
pining	Straight-grained durable and often resinous white to yellowish timber of any of numerous trees of the genus Pinus.
thirst	Lack of the liquid needed to sustain life. They quenched their thirst with spring water.
urge	A strong restless desire. He felt the urge to giggle.
want	The state of being poor and in need of essentials; poverty. Victorian houses which are in want of repair.
wish	A thing that is or has been wished for. He makes a wish.
yearning	A feeling of intense longing for something. He felt a yearning for the mountains.

Usage Examples of "Craving" as a noun

• A craving for chocolate.

Associations of "Craving" (30 Words)

appetite	A feeling of craving something- Granville Hicks. They suffered from loss of appetite.
beg	Acquire food or money from someone by begging. I must beg of you not to act impulsively.
covet	Wish, long, or crave for (something, especially the property of another person. She covets her sister s house.
crave	Plead or ask for earnestly. I must crave your indulgence.
desire	Feel or have a desire for want strongly. He never achieved the status he so desired.
famine	A shortage. The cotton famine of the 1860s.
famish	Be hungry; go without food. Many famished in the countryside during the drought.
glutton	A person who is devoted to eating and drinking to excess. He s a glutton for adventure.
gourmand	A person who enjoys eating and often eats too much.
greedy	(often followed by `for’) ardently or excessively desirous. Greedy for money and power.
hanker	Feel a strong desire for or to do something. She hankered to go back.
hankering	A strong desire to have or do something. He had a hankering to return to Scotland.
hunger	Feel or suffer hunger. Hunger for affection.
hungry	Having a strong desire or craving. A party hungry for power.
indigence	A state of extreme poverty; destitution. Their indigence appalled him.
insatiable	Of a person having an insatiable appetite or desire for something especially sex. You re insatiable she cried as she pushed him away.
longing	Having or showing a yearning desire. Her longing eyes.
lupine	Any plant of the genus Lupinus; bearing erect spikes of usually purplish-blue flowers.
quench	An act of quenching a very hot substance. Firemen hauled on hoses in a desperate bid to quench the flames.
rapacious	Excessively greedy and grasping. The rapacious wolf.
ravenous	Extremely hungry. A ravenous boy.
slake	Cause to heat and crumble by treatment with water. Slake your thirst with citron press.
starve	Force someone out of (a place) or into (a specified state) by starvation. German U boats hoping to starve Britain into submission.
tantalize	Harass with persistent criticism or carping. She still tantalized him.
thirst	A physiological need to drink. They quenched their thirst with spring water.
unquenchable	Not able to be quenched. Unquenchable thirst.
voracious	Wanting or devouring great quantities of food. Voracious sharks.
want	Hunt or look for want for a particular reason. The wheel wants greasing.
yearn	Have affection for; feel tenderness for. They yearned to go home.
yearning	Involving or expressing yearning. He felt a yearning for the mountains.