hunger

Nouns

  • (n) a physiological need for food; the consequence of food deprivation hungriness,
  • (n) strong desire for something (not food or drink)
    • a thirst for knowledge
    • hunger for affection
    thirst, hungriness, thirstiness,

Verbs

  • (v) feel the need to eat
  • (v) have a craving, appetite, or great desire for crave, lust, thirst, starve,
  • (v) be hungry; go without food
    • Let's eat--I'm starving!
    famish, starve,

Synonyms

hungriness thirst thirstiness crave lust starve famish

Antonyms

be full

Words of close approximity

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