What is another word for longing?
557 synonyms foundPronunciation:
[ lˈɒŋɪŋ], [ lˈɒŋɪŋ], [ l_ˈɒ_ŋ_ɪ_ŋ]Table of Contents
Similar words for longing:- ambitious (adjective)
- aspiring (adjective)
- athirst (adjective)
- desirous (adjective)
- eager (adjective)
- languishing (adjective)
- nostalgic (adjective)
- other relevant words (adjective)
- raring (adjective)
- thirsty (adjective)
- wishful (adjective)
- ambition (noun)
- appetite (noun)
- aspiration (noun)
- aspiring (noun)
- avidity (noun)
- craving (noun)
- cupidity (noun)
- desire (noun)
- eagerness (noun)
- feeling (noun)
- greed (noun)
- hankering (noun)
- homesickness (noun)
- hunger (noun)
- jealousy (noun)
- lust (noun)
- need (noun)
- nostalgia (noun)
- other relevant words (noun)
- thirst (noun)
- will (noun)
- wish (noun)
- desiring (verb)
- lamenting (verb)
- other relevant words (verb)
- other synonyms
- other relevant words (noun)
Synonyms for Longing:
adj.
•ambitious (adjective)- ball of fire,
- inspired,
- come on strong,
- hard ball,
- fireball,
- self-starting,
- power-loving,
- High-reaching,
- go getter,
- goal-oriented,
- bent upon.
- wouldbe,
- on make,
- more endeavoring,
- most aspirant,
- Endeavoring,
- more aspirant,
- most endeavoring,
- would be.
- greedy,
- hopeful,
- fond,
- itching,
- covetous,
- needful,
- avid,
- acquisitive,
- urgent,
- amorous,
- Lusting,
- wishful,
- ardent,
- prehensile,
- wistful,
- hungry,
- grasping,
- passionate,
- expectant.
- more eager,
- more hankering,
- most appetent,
- hot trot,
- more pining,
- most fervid,
- more fervent,
- rarin to go,
- most hankering,
- most pining,
- ready and willing,
- more appetent,
- vehement,
- most warmblooded,
- rarin go,
- more warmblooded,
- rarin' go,
- ready willing.
- like yesterday,
- cornball,
- more syrupy,
- most cornball,
- syrupy,
- more cornball,
- most syrupy,
- down memory lane.
- Languishing,
- juiceless,
- wild for,
- Droughty,
- waterless,
- sapless,
- athirst,
- desirous,
- crazy for,
- on the make,
- dying for,
- warmblooded,
- dry as dust,
- nostalgic,
- itching for,
- rarin' to go,
- cottonmouthed,
- hot to trot,
- eager,
- ambitious,
- Thirsting,
- dying to,
- bone dry.
n.
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- enthusiastic,
- ravenous,
- ache.
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- impatient,
- in need of something,
- be dying for something/to do something,
- anxious,
- in the hope that/of,
- keen.
- get and goes,
- pre-tension,
- de sire,
- de-sire,
- get and go,
- pre tensions,
- de sires,
- pre tension,
- get up goes,
- pre-tensions,
- get go,
- get goes,
- de-sires,
- get up go,
- fire belly.
- in satiablenesses,
- in temperance,
- gormandizings,
- in-satiableness,
- gimmie,
- in-satiablenesses,
- ex-cesses,
- esuriences,
- insatiablenesses,
- ex cess,
- the gimmie,
- piggishnesses,
- ex-cess,
- in-temperance,
- swinishnesses,
- in temperances,
- in satiableness,
- in-temperances,
- gimmies.
- envy.
- fond memory,
- wistfulnesses,
- tearjerkers,
- tear jerkers,
- hearts flowers,
- tear jerker,
- re-morses,
- re morses,
- tear-jerkers,
- hearts flowerses,
- hearts and flowerses,
- re morse,
- re-morse.
- salaciousness,
- hearts desire,
- piggishness,
- the urge,
- intentness,
- initiative,
- aphrodisia,
- salacities,
- famishment,
- oughts,
- self-discipline,
- homesickness,
- aspiration,
- fire in the belly,
- needs,
- yearning for home,
- nostalgia,
- ambition,
- desideratum,
- velleity,
- famine,
- thirst,
- willfulness,
- salacity,
- hunger,
- tearjerker,
- fond memories,
- vacancy,
- hungriness,
- munchies,
- devoir,
- ought,
- urge,
- tear-jerker,
- committals,
- devoirs,
- wish,
- hearts and flowers,
- esurience,
- wistfulness,
- get up and go,
- craving,
- druthers,
- impetuosity,
- need,
- Desiderata,
- fire in belly,
- zeal,
- swinishness,
- cupidity,
- selfcontrol,
- eyes for,
- a stomach for,
- enterprise,
- spirit,
- will,
- the gimmies,
- yen,
- Thirstiness,
- aphrodisias,
- greed,
- hankering,
- pursuits,
- Insatiableness,
- eagerness,
- itch,
- rootlessness,
- lust,
- love,
- enterprises,
- heart's desire,
- committal.
- de-sign,
- de crees,
- de sign,
- self restraint,
- re solves,
- willfulnesses,
- selfdisciplines,
- heart's desires,
- re solutions,
- dis-position,
- self-disciplines,
- self disciplines,
- de-signs,
- heart desire,
- self control,
- de terminations,
- de-terminations,
- re-solves,
- re-solution,
- heart desires,
- de signs,
- selfrestraint,
- re-solutions,
- hearts desires,
- de-termination,
- dis-positions,
- dis positions,
- de-cree,
- re-solve,
- de termination,
- self discipline,
- dis position,
- selfdiscipline,
- de cree,
- velleities,
- de-crees,
- re solve.
v.
•desiring (verb)- Desiring,
- pining,
- Needing,
- wanting,
- Expecting,
- welcoming,
- Coveting,
- Fancying,
- wishing,
- Hungering,
- Hoping.
Other synonyms:
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- wanderlust,
- demand,
- appetence,
- urgency,
- longingly,
- temptation,
- addiction,
- envious,
- impatience,
- inclination.
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- badly.
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- after.
- liking,
- plan,
- prurience,
- appetite,
- be after,
- obsession,
- pang,
- beseech,
- stomach,
- voraciousness,
- longing eye,
- dream,
- aim,
- HOTS,
- necessity,
- melancholy,
- homesick,
- thirst for,
- intend,
- crave,
- dying,
- bewail,
- ardour,
- itchy,
- drive,
- deplore,
- overanxiety,
- hanker for,
- objective,
- appetency,
- scheme,
- long,
- Yearnful,
- Energized,
- woebegone,
- ask,
- fancy,
- libido,
- plot,
- animated,
- aching,
- missing,
- Languishment,
- Tallying,
- partiality,
- proclivity,
- sweet tooth,
- edacity,
- propensity,
- ravenousness,
- covet,
- discontentment,
- relish,
- regret,
- interest,
- Desiderate,
- lustfulness,
- seek,
- mean,
- hunger for,
- impulse,
- fervent,
- beg,
- reminiscent,
- starving,
- predilection,
- prerequisite,
- resolve,
- lonesome,
- smarting,
- earnest,
- wasting,
- mania,
- diffusing,
- fervid,
- sad,
- goal,
- excited,
- sorrowful,
- contemplative,
- woeful,
- hot,
- request,
- Letch,
- fading,
- requirement,
- suffering,
- keenness,
- bulling,
- pressure,
- pine,
- lecherousness,
- zealous,
- lament,
- impetus,
- concern,
- panting,
- fervour,
- lasciviousness,
- want,
- groan,
- penchant,
- proneness,
- spirited,
- hot pants,
- distress,
- concupiscence,
- mournful,
- weakness,
- jones,
- solicitude,
- commitment,
- importunate,
- wishfulness,
- craze,
- Honing,
- requisite,
- wearying,
- tolerance,
- spur,
- ardor,
- pant,
- compulsion,
- morose,
- Inspirited,
- wistful eye,
- determine,
- starve,
- enthusiasm,
- purposefulness,
- predisposition,
- gooding,
- yearn,
- slowing,
- pain,
- intent,
- infatuation,
- zest,
- aging,
- rue,
- voracity,
- aspire after,
- energetic,
- cacoethes,
- breathless impatience,
- affection,
- heartsick,
- pant after,
- taste,
- would like,
- anxiety,
- Empressement,
- be dying for,
- long for,
- attraction,
- aspire,
- yearn for,
- intention,
- determination,
- lechery,
- gasp,
- purpose,
- Vitalized,
- choose,
- disposition,
- force,
- be desirous of,
- nostomania,
- repent,
- agog,
- inkling,
- hunger after,
- thirsty,
- disconsolate,
- lonely,
- stimulated,
- preference,
- resolution,
- whim,
- repine,
- forlorn,
- avidity,
- fascination,
- sympathy.
Paraphrases for Longing:
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Equivalence
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Noun, singular or mass
yearning.
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Noun, singular or mass
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Independent
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Noun, singular or mass
ambition, wish, expectation, willingness, appetite, inclination.
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Noun, singular or mass
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Other Related
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Noun, singular or mass
nostalgia, aspiration, desire, homesickness, craving, eagerness, yearn, lust, thirst, quest.
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Noun, singular or mass
Antonyms for Longing:
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adj.
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n.
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strong desire
hatred, satisfaction, indifference, dislike, hate.
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Other antonyms:
Disrelish, detestation.
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strong desire
Homophones for Longing:
- long Johns, luminousness, Lama Guanicoe, lemon sumac, long moss, longanimous, lynching, longness, long since, lansing, lonesomeness, Lilium Michiganense, luminescence, lunching, lankiness, lawmaking, launching.
Hypernym for Longing:
n.
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feeling
hankering, nostalgia, pining, wistfulness, yen, discontentment, wishfulness, discontent, discontentedness.
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feeling
Hyponym for Longing:
n.
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feeling
desire.
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feeling