Need another word that means the same as “longing”? Find 22 synonyms and 30 related words for “longing” in this overview.
The synonyms of “Longing” are: hungriness, yearning, pining, craving, ache, burning, hunger, thirst, itch, urge, lust, hankering, need, eagerness, zeal, covetousness, desirous, hungry, thirsty, avid, covetous
According to the Oxford Dictionary of English, “longing” as a noun can have the following definitions:
| ache | A continuous or prolonged dull pain in a part of one’s body. The ache in her head worsened. |
| burning | The act of burning something. The burning of leaves was prohibited by a town ordinance. |
| covetousness | Reprehensible acquisitiveness; insatiable desire for wealth (personified as one of the deadly sins. |
| craving | A powerful desire for something. A craving for chocolate. |
| eagerness | A positive feeling of wanting to push ahead with something. They showed no eagerness to spread the gospel. |
| hankering | A strong desire to have or do something. He had a hankering to return to Scotland. |
| hunger | Strong desire for something (not food or drink. Hunger for affection. |
| hungriness | Prolonged unfulfilled desire or need. |
| itch | A contagious skin infection caused by the itch mite characterized by persistent itching and skin irritation. He has a bad case of the itch. |
| need | Circumstances in which something is necessary; necessity. A general state of need exists among the homeless. |
| pining | A coniferous tree. |
| thirst | A physiological need to drink. They quenched their thirst with spring water. |
| urge | A strong desire or impulse. Why this urge to travel. |
| yearning | Prolonged unfulfilled desire or need. He felt a yearning for the mountains. |
| zeal | A feeling of strong eagerness (usually in favor of a person or cause. His zeal for privatization. |
According to the Oxford Dictionary of English, “longing” as an adjective can have the following definitions:
| avid | (often followed by `for’) ardently or excessively desirous. An avid ambition to succeed. |
| covetous | Immoderately desirous of acquiring e.g. wealth. She fingered the linen with covetous hands. |
| desirous | Having or characterized by desire. The Pope was desirous of peace in Europe. |
| hungry | Having a strong desire or craving. A party hungry for power. |
| thirsty | Able to take in large quantities of moisture. She s not even looking at you Stop being so thirsty. |
| yearning | Involving or expressing yearning. A yearning hope. |
| ambition | Have as one s ambition. His ambition is to own his own business. |
| aspiration | The act of inhaling; the drawing in of air (or other gases) as in breathing. The needs and aspirations of the people. |
| aspire | Rise high; tower. We never thought that we might aspire to those heights. |
| bygone | Past events to be put aside. Bygone days. |
| covet | Wish, long, or crave for (something, especially the property of another person. I covet one of their smart bags. |
| craving | An intense desire for some particular thing. A craving for chocolate. |
| desire | Express a desire for. They were clinging together in fierce desire. |
| despair | The complete loss or absence of hope. In despair I hit the bottle. |
| desperation | A state in which all hope is lost or absent. She wrote to him in desperation. |
| eagerly | With eagerness; in an eager manner. Original illustrations are eagerly sought by collectors. |
| expect | Consider obligatory request and expect. One might expect that Hollywood would adjust its approach. |
| fatigue | A reduction in the efficiency of a muscle or organ after prolonged activity. They were fatigued by their journey. |
| hankering | A yearning for something or to do something. A hankering for family life. |
| homesick | Experiencing a longing for one’s home during a period of absence from it. He was homesick for America after five weeks in Europe. |
| homesickness | A longing to return home. I lived four years in London without a single pang of homesickness. |
| hunger | Feel or suffer hunger. When he had fasted forty days and forty nights he afterwards hungered. |
| infatuation | An object of extravagant short-lived passion. The thrill of infatuation. |
| insatiable | Of a person having an insatiable appetite or desire for something especially sex. An insatiable demand for old buildings to restore. |
| long | Long dated securities especially gilts. A long game. |
| miss | Fail to see or have a meeting with (someone. She missed his point. |
| nostalgia | Something done or presented in order to evoke feelings of nostalgia. I was overcome with acute nostalgia for my days at university. |
| oldie | An old song, film, or television programme that is still well known or popular. Collections of pop oldies. |
| starve | Be hungry; go without food. The Royalists were starved out after eleven days. |
| thirst | A feeling of needing or wanting to drink something. A thirst for knowledge. |
| unquenchable | Impossible to quench. His enthusiasm was unquenchable. |
| unrequited | (of a feeling, especially love) not returned. He s been pining with unrequited love. |
| want | Hunt or look for want for a particular reason. You shall want for nothing while you are with me. |
| weariness | Reluctance to see or experience any more of something. Growing war weariness. |
| yearn | Have an intense feeling of longing for something, typically something that one has lost or been separated from. No fellow spirit yearned towards her. |
| yearning | Involving or expressing yearning. He felt a yearning for the mountains. |
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