hunger for

VERB

crave

Synonyms

STRONGEST

covet cry out for fancy lust after

STRONG

dream need require suspire want

WEAK

ache for die for eat one's heart out give eyeteeth for itch for long for pine for sigh for spoil for thirst for yearn for yen for

Antonyms

STRONG

dislike have

WEAK

abjure hate not want spurn

VERB

desire

Synonyms

STRONGEST

covet crave long for want

STRONG

desiderate fancy like lust after pine thirst yearn for

WEAK

aspire to be smitten be turned on by die over fall for give eyeteeth for go for hanker after have eyes for have the hots for make advances to set heart on take a liking to take a shine to take to wish for

Antonyms

STRONGEST

loathe

STRONG

abjure despise reject

WEAK

dislike shun

VERB

lust

Synonyms

STRONGEST

covet crave hanker itch yearn

STRONG

ache long need pine thirst want wish yen

WEAK

be consumed with desire be hot for

Antonyms

STRONGEST

abjure dislike hate not want

STRONG

despise have

WEAK

be chaste be pure

VERB

wish for

Synonyms

WEAK

covet crave fancy hanker for long for lust after thirst after want yearn for

Example Sentences

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Eager to raise cash for data centers, Son plans to tap the market’s hunger for companies focused on AI and related uses by spinning off collections of companies within SoftBank.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 4, 2026

“They have a hunger for victory that is the greatest I’ve ever seen, without exaggeration,” former Dodgers general manager Ned Colletti told me.

From Los Angeles Times • May 28, 2026

These regions have seen relatively recent gains in gender equality, and experts say this environment is fuelling men's hunger for manosphere content.

From BBC • May 27, 2026

Anthropic is turning to Amazon.com as it looks to satisfy its hunger for artificial-intelligence compute power, and that’s good news for suppliers to the tech giant’s chip ecosystem.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 21, 2026

They hunger for the kind of leadership Fannie Sellins modeled.

From "Fannie Never Flinched" by Mary Cronk Farrell

hunger for

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