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