What is another word for lust?
1159 synonyms found
Pronunciation:
[ lˈʌst], [ lˈʌst], [ l_ˈʌ_s_t]
Lust is a strong desire or craving for something, often referred to as a sinful or intense longing for sensual pleasures. There are several synonyms for the word lust that can convey different meanings. Desire, passion, and craving, are all common synonyms for lust, which typically relate to sexual desire. However, other synonyms for lust include greed, covetousness, and avarice, which often relate to a desire for wealth or material possessions. Longing, yearning, and hunger are other synonyms that can express a strong and persistent desire for something. The use of these synonyms can add depth and nuance to writing, allowing writers to express a range of intense feelings and emotions related to desire.
Synonyms for Lust:
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- arouse ,
- excite ,
- frisky ,
- on the pull ,
- randy .
- fire belly ,
- get and go ,
- get and goes ,
- get go ,
- get goes ,
- get up go ,
- get up goes ,
- pre tension ,
- pre tensions ,
- pre-tension ,
- pre-tensions .
- burning candle at both end ,
- burning candle at end ,
- burning candle both end ,
- burning candle end ,
- dolce vitae ,
- ex cess ,
- ex cesses ,
- ex-cess ,
- ex-cesses ,
- fast livings ,
- in continence ,
- in continences ,
- in temperance ,
- in temperances ,
- in-continence ,
- in-continences ,
- in-temperance ,
- in-temperances ,
- la dolce vitae ,
- life fast lane ,
- over indulgence ,
- over indulgences ,
- over-indulgences ,
- sybaritisms .
- de merit ,
- de merits ,
- de-merit ,
- de-merits ,
- dis obedience ,
- dis obediences ,
- dis-obedience ,
- dis-obediences ,
- evil doings ,
- evil-doings ,
- mis deed ,
- mis deeds ,
- mis-deed ,
- mis-deeds ,
- peccabilities ,
- sinfulnesses ,
- un godliness ,
- un godlinesses ,
- un righteousness ,
- un righteousnesses ,
- un-godliness ,
- un-godlinesses ,
- un-righteousness ,
- un-righteousnesses ,
- ungodlinesses ,
- unrighteousnesses ,
- venialities ,
- wrongnesses .
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v.
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- am aroused ,
- am passionate ,
- am stirred up ,
- are angry ,
- are aroused ,
- are inflamed ,
- are passionate ,
- are stirred up ,
- art angry ,
- art aroused ,
- art inflamed ,
- art passionate ,
- art stirred up ,
- being angry ,
- being aroused ,
- being inflamed ,
- being passionate ,
- being stirred up ,
- breathed fire ,
- breathes fire ,
- de sired ,
- de siring ,
- de-sired ,
- de-siring ,
- is angry ,
- is aroused ,
- is inflamed ,
- is passionate ,
- is stirred up ,
- was angry ,
- was aroused ,
- was inflamed ,
- was passionate ,
- was stirred up ,
- wast angry ,
- wast aroused ,
- wast inflamed ,
- wast passionate ,
- wast stirred up ,
- were angry ,
- were aroused ,
- were inflamed ,
- were passionate ,
- were stirred up ,
- wert angry ,
- wert aroused ,
- wert inflamed ,
- wert passionate ,
- wert stirred up .
- am clouds ,
- am delirious ,
- am in clouds ,
- am up clouds ,
- am up in clouds ,
- are clouds ,
- are delirious ,
- are in clouds ,
- are up clouds ,
- are up in clouds ,
- art clouds ,
- art delirious ,
- art in clouds ,
- art moonstruck ,
- art up clouds ,
- art up in clouds ,
- be clouds ,
- be in clouds ,
- be up clouds ,
- being clouds ,
- being delirious ,
- being in clouds ,
- being moonstruck ,
- being up clouds ,
- being up in clouds ,
- build castles air ,
- builded castles air ,
- builded castles in air ,
- building castles air ,
- building castles in air ,
- builds castles air ,
- builds castles in air ,
- built castles air ,
- built castles in air ,
- de vise ,
- de vised ,
- de vising ,
- de-vise ,
- de-vised ,
- de-vising ,
- had a flash ,
- had a notion ,
- had a vision ,
- had flash ,
- had nightmare ,
- had notion ,
- had vision ,
- haddest a flash ,
- haddest a nightmare ,
- haddest a notion ,
- haddest a vision ,
- haddest flash ,
- haddest nightmare ,
- haddest notion ,
- haddest vision ,
- hadst a flash ,
- hadst a nightmare ,
- hadst a notion ,
- hadst a vision ,
- hadst flash ,
- hadst nightmare ,
- hadst notion ,
- hadst vision ,
- has a flash ,
- has a nightmare ,
- has a notion ,
- has a vision ,
- has flash ,
- has nightmare ,
- has notion ,
- has vision ,
- hast a flash ,
- hast a nightmare ,
- hast a notion ,
- hast a vision ,
- hast flash ,
- hast nightmare ,
- hast notion ,
- hast vision ,
- hath a flash ,
- hath a nightmare ,
- hath a notion ,
- hath a vision ,
- hath flash ,
- hath nightmare ,
- hath notion ,
- hath vision ,
- have flash ,
- have nightmare ,
- have notion ,
- have vision ,
- having a flash ,
- having a nightmare ,
- having a notion ,
- having a vision ,
- having flash ,
- having nightmare ,
- having notion ,
- having vision ,
- in vent ,
- in vented ,
- in venting ,
- in vents ,
- in-vent ,
- in-vented ,
- in-venting ,
- in-vents ,
- is clouds ,
- is delirious ,
- is in clouds ,
- is moonstruck ,
- is up clouds ,
- is up in clouds ,
- search for pot gold ,
- searched for pot gold ,
- searched for pot of gold ,
- searches for pot gold ,
- searches for pot of gold ,
- searching for pot gold ,
- searching for pot of gold ,
- stargazes ,
- thinking up ,
- thinks up ,
- was clouds ,
- was delirious ,
- was in clouds ,
- was moonstruck ,
- was up clouds ,
- was up in clouds ,
- wast clouds ,
- wast delirious ,
- wast in clouds ,
- wast moonstruck ,
- wast up clouds ,
- wast up in clouds ,
- were clouds ,
- were delirious ,
- were in clouds ,
- were moonstruck ,
- were up clouds ,
- were up in clouds ,
- wert clouds ,
- wert delirious ,
- wert in clouds ,
- wert moonstruck ,
- wert up clouds ,
- wert up in clouds .
- am envious ,
- are envious ,
- ate heart out ,
- ate one heart out ,
- ate one's heart out ,
- ate ones heart out ,
- be grudge ,
- be grudged ,
- be grudges ,
- be grudging ,
- be-grudge ,
- be-grudged ,
- be-grudges ,
- be-grudging ,
- being envious ,
- died over ,
- dieing over ,
- dies over ,
- dying over ,
- eat one heart out ,
- eat ones heart out ,
- eating heart out ,
- eating one heart out ,
- eating one's heart out ,
- eating ones heart out ,
- eats heart out ,
- eats one heart out ,
- eats one's heart out ,
- eats ones heart out ,
- had hard feelings ,
- haddest hard feelings ,
- hadst hard feelings ,
- has hard feelings ,
- hast hard feelings ,
- hath hard feelings ,
- having hard feelings ,
- is envious ,
- objected to ,
- objecting to ,
- objects to ,
- overed ,
- overing ,
- re sent ,
- re sents ,
- re-sent ,
- re-sents ,
- turned green ,
- turns green ,
- was envious ,
- wast envious ,
- were envious ,
- wert envious .
- am impatient ,
- are impatient ,
- art impatient ,
- being impatient ,
- had a yen for ,
- had yen for ,
- haddest a yen for ,
- haddest yen for ,
- hadst a yen for ,
- hadst yen for ,
- has a yen for ,
- has yen for ,
- hast a yen for ,
- hast yen for ,
- hath a yen for ,
- hath yen for ,
- have yen for ,
- having a yen for ,
- having yen for ,
- is impatient ,
- was impatient ,
- wast impatient ,
- were impatient ,
- wert impatient .
- am deficient ,
- am deprived ,
- am down and out ,
- am down out ,
- am hard up ,
- am need of ,
- am needy ,
- am poor ,
- am short ,
- am want ,
- am without ,
- are deficient ,
- are deprived ,
- are down and out ,
- are down out ,
- are hard up ,
- are in need of ,
- are in want ,
- are inadequate ,
- are poor ,
- are short ,
- are want ,
- are without ,
- art deficient ,
- art deprived ,
- art hard up ,
- art in need of ,
- art in want ,
- art inadequate ,
- art need of ,
- art needy ,
- art poor ,
- art short ,
- art want ,
- art without ,
- be down out ,
- be need of ,
- be want ,
- being deficient ,
- being deprived ,
- being down and out ,
- being down out ,
- being hard up ,
- being in need of ,
- being in want ,
- being inadequate ,
- being need of ,
- being needy ,
- being poor ,
- being short ,
- being want ,
- died for ,
- dieing for ,
- dies for ,
- drave for ,
- drives for ,
- driving for ,
- drove for ,
- ex act ,
- ex acting ,
- ex acts ,
- ex-act ,
- ex-acted ,
- ex-acting ,
- feel dearth of ,
- feel pinch ,
- feeling a dearth of ,
- feeling dearth of ,
- feeling necessity for ,
- feeling pinch ,
- feeling the necessity for ,
- feels a dearth of ,
- feels dearth of ,
- feels necessity for ,
- feels pinch ,
- feels the necessity for ,
- feels the pinch ,
- felt a dearth of ,
- felt dearth of ,
- felt necessity for ,
- felt pinch ,
- felt the necessity for ,
- felt the pinch ,
- goes hungry ,
- going hungry ,
- had occasion for ,
- had occasion to ,
- had use for ,
- haddest occasion for ,
- haddest occasion to ,
- haddest use for ,
- hadst occasion for ,
- hadst occasion to ,
- hadst use for ,
- has occasion for ,
- has occasion to ,
- has use for ,
- hast occasion for ,
- hast occasion to ,
- hast use for ,
- hath occasion for ,
- hath occasion to ,
- hath use for ,
- having occasion for ,
- having occasion to ,
- having use for ,
- hurts for ,
- is deficient ,
- is deprived ,
- is down and out ,
- is down out ,
- is hard up ,
- is in need of ,
- is in want ,
- is inadequate ,
- is need of ,
- is needy ,
- is poor ,
- is short ,
- is want ,
- is without ,
- re quire ,
- re quired ,
- re quires ,
- re quiring ,
- re-quire ,
- re-quired ,
- re-quires ,
- re-quiring ,
- suffered privation ,
- suffering privation ,
- suffers privation ,
- was deficient ,
- was deprived ,
- was down and out ,
- was down out ,
- was hard up ,
- was in need of ,
- was in want ,
- was inadequate ,
- was need of ,
- was needy ,
- was poor ,
- was short ,
- was want ,
- was without ,
- wast deficient ,
- wast deprived ,
- wast down and out ,
- wast down out ,
- wast hard up ,
- wast in need of ,
- wast in want ,
- wast inadequate ,
- wast need of ,
- wast needy ,
- wast poor ,
- wast short ,
- wast want ,
- wast without ,
- went hungry ,
- were deficient ,
- were deprived ,
- were down and out ,
- were down out ,
- were hard up ,
- were in need of ,
- were in want ,
- were inadequate ,
- were need of ,
- were needy ,
- were poor ,
- were short ,
- were want ,
- were without ,
- wert deficient ,
- wert deprived ,
- wert down and out ,
- wert down out ,
- wert hard up ,
- wert in need of ,
- wert in want ,
- wert inadequate ,
- wert need of ,
- wert needy ,
- wert poor ,
- wert short ,
- wert want ,
- wert without ,
- yenned for ,
- yenning for ,
- yens for .
- Desiderated ,
- Desiderating ,
- am greedy ,
- are greedy ,
- art greedy ,
- being greedy ,
- coulded do with ,
- coulding do with ,
- coulds do with ,
- feel need ,
- feeling a need ,
- feeling need ,
- feels a need ,
- feels need ,
- felt a need ,
- felt need ,
- had a passion for ,
- had ambition ,
- had an urge for ,
- had eyes for ,
- had passion for ,
- had urge for ,
- haddest a passion for ,
- haddest ambition ,
- haddest an urge for ,
- haddest eyes for ,
- haddest passion for ,
- haddest urge for ,
- hadst a passion for ,
- hadst ambition ,
- hadst an urge for ,
- hadst eyes for ,
- hadst passion for ,
- hadst urge for ,
- has a passion for ,
- has ambition ,
- has an urge for ,
- has eyes for ,
- has passion for ,
- has urge for ,
- hast a passion for ,
- hast ambition ,
- hast an urge for ,
- hast eyes for ,
- hast passion for ,
- hast urge for ,
- hath a passion for ,
- hath ambition ,
- hath an urge for ,
- hath eyes for ,
- hath passion for ,
- hath urge for ,
- have passion for ,
- have urge for ,
- having a passion for ,
- having ambition ,
- having an urge for ,
- having eyes for ,
- having passion for ,
- having urge for ,
- inclines toward ,
- is greedy ,
- itched for ,
- itches for ,
- was greedy ,
- wast greedy ,
- were greedy ,
- wert greedy .
- am desirous of ,
- am eager for ,
- are desirous of ,
- are eager for ,
- art desirous of ,
- being desirous of ,
- being eager for ,
- had a crush on ,
- had crush on ,
- haddest a crush on ,
- haddest crush on ,
- hadst a crush on ,
- hadst crush on ,
- has a crush on ,
- has crush on ,
- hast a crush on ,
- hast crush on ,
- hath a crush on ,
- hath crush on ,
- have crush on ,
- having a crush on ,
- having crush on ,
- is desirous of ,
- is eager for ,
- set one heart on ,
- set ones heart on ,
- sets heart on ,
- sets one heart on ,
- sets one's heart on ,
- sets ones heart on ,
- setting heart on ,
- setting one heart on ,
- setting one's heart on ,
- setting ones heart on ,
- was desirous of ,
- was eager for ,
- wast desirous of ,
- wast eager for ,
- were desirous of ,
- were eager for ,
- wert desirous of ,
- wert eager for .
Other synonyms:
- Amativeness ,
- ambition ,
- appetence ,
- eroticism ,
- erotism ,
- lasciviousness ,
- libidinousness ,
- prurience ,
- pruriency .
- concupiscence ,
- panting ,
- yen .
Other relevant words:
- Desiderate ,
- FORS ,
- Hungered ,
- Hungering ,
- Lacked ,
- Smouldered ,
- Thirsted ,
- act ,
- action ,
- affection ,
- attitude ,
- be angry ,
- be aroused ,
- be deficient ,
- be delirious ,
- be deprived ,
- be desirous of ,
- be down and out ,
- be eager for ,
- be greedy ,
- be hard up ,
- be impatient ,
- be in need of ,
- be in want ,
- be inadequate ,
- be inflamed ,
- be moonstruck ,
- be needy ,
- be passionate ,
- be poor ,
- be short ,
- be stirred up ,
- be up in clouds ,
- be without ,
- being without ,
- breathe fire ,
- breathing fire ,
- build castles in air ,
- burn ,
- could do with ,
- cream for ,
- debauch ,
- debauchery ,
- deed ,
- desiderates ,
- die for ,
- dream ,
- drive for ,
- dying for ,
- emotion ,
- envy ,
- excitement ,
- fantasizing ,
- feel ,
- feel a dearth of ,
- feel a need ,
- feel necessity for ,
- feel the necessity for ,
- feel the pinch ,
- feeling the pinch ,
- filth ,
- fored ,
- foring ,
- go hungry ,
- had a nightmare ,
- hanker for ,
- hankering for ,
- harlotry ,
- have a crush on ,
- have a flash ,
- have a nightmare ,
- have a notion ,
- have a passion for ,
- have a vision ,
- have a yen for ,
- have ambition ,
- have an urge for ,
- have eyes for ,
- have occasion for ,
- have occasion to ,
- have use for ,
- hurt for ,
- hurting for ,
- incline toward ,
- inclined toward ,
- inclining toward ,
- itch for ,
- itching for ,
- lecherousness ,
- long ,
- mood ,
- mourn ,
- need ,
- needs ,
- pant ,
- partial to ,
- passion ,
- perception ,
- philandering ,
- procedure ,
- process ,
- profligacy ,
- search for pot of gold ,
- sensation ,
- sense ,
- sensitivity ,
- sensuality ,
- set heart on ,
- set one's heart on ,
- sexual urge ,
- sexuality ,
- sigh ,
- simmer ,
- smoulder ,
- smouldering ,
- smoulders ,
- stargaze ,
- stargazed ,
- stargazing ,
- suffer privation ,
- think up ,
- thought up ,
- wanted ,
- wanting ,
- whoredom ,
- wish ,
- yearn ,
- yearning ,
- yen for ,
- yens .
- OVERS ,
- be envious ,
- die over ,
- eat heart out ,
- eat one's heart out ,
- grudge ,
- have hard feelings ,
- object to ,
- turn green ,
- turning green .
- Suspired ,
- dream of ,
- dreamed of ,
- dreaming of ,
- dreams of ,
- dreamt of ,
- spoil for ,
- spoiling for ,
- suspire ,
- suspires ,
- suspiring .
- Appetition ,
- Conation ,
- Conatus ,
- Coveting ,
- Desirousness ,
- Drouth ,
- Fleshliness ,
- Goatishness ,
- HOTS ,
- Insatiability ,
- Lasciviency ,
- Lech ,
- Letch ,
- Lickerishness ,
- Lubricity ,
- Lustihood ,
- Thirstiness ,
- Unchastity ,
- acedia ,
- ache ,
- ache for ,
- acquisitiveness ,
- aim at ,
- alive ,
- andromania ,
- anger ,
- animalism ,
- animality ,
- animated ,
- animus ,
- anxiety ,
- aphrodisia ,
- appetency ,
- appetite ,
- ardor ,
- ardour ,
- arousal ,
- ask ,
- aspiration ,
- aspire ,
- avarice ,
- avaricious ,
- avariciousness ,
- avaritia ,
- avid ,
- avidity ,
- avidness ,
- bawdiness ,
- bawdy ,
- be consumed with desire ,
- be hot for ,
- be hungry ,
- be solicitous of ,
- beg ,
- begrudge ,
- beseech ,
- biological urge ,
- bodily appetite ,
- boner ,
- burning ,
- cacoethes ,
- carnal craving ,
- carnality ,
- cheerful ,
- choice ,
- choose ,
- clitoromania ,
- come in ,
- command ,
- compulsion ,
- corruption ,
- covetous ,
- craze ,
- cupidity ,
- deadly sin ,
- decision ,
- degeneration ,
- demand ,
- depravity ,
- desirous ,
- determination ,
- dirtiness ,
- dirty ,
- discretion ,
- disposition ,
- dissoluteness ,
- drive ,
- due ,
- eager ,
- energy ,
- enterprise ,
- enthusiasm ,
- entreat ,
- erection ,
- erotomania ,
- estrus ,
- evil ,
- excited ,
- exorbitance ,
- famish ,
- fascination ,
- favor ,
- favour ,
- fervent ,
- fervor ,
- fiery ,
- filthiness ,
- flesh ,
- fleshly lust ,
- free choice ,
- free will ,
- furor uterinus ,
- gay ,
- glad ,
- gleeful ,
- gluttony ,
- goad ,
- grasping ,
- graspingness ,
- greediness ,
- grief ,
- gula ,
- hanker after ,
- hankering ,
- happy ,
- hard-on ,
- heat ,
- hoggishness ,
- horniness ,
- horns ,
- hot ,
- hot blood ,
- hot pants ,
- hunger after ,
- hunger for ,
- hysteromania ,
- immorality ,
- implore ,
- impulse ,
- impurity ,
- inclination ,
- incontinence ,
- indecency ,
- indecent ,
- infantile sexuality ,
- infatuation ,
- intemperateness ,
- intention ,
- interest ,
- invidia ,
- ira ,
- itching ,
- jones ,
- joy ,
- joyful ,
- joyous ,
- keenness ,
- lechery ,
- lewd ,
- lewdness ,
- libido ,
- license ,
- licentious ,
- licentiousness ,
- like ,
- liking ,
- long for ,
- looseness ,
- love ,
- lust after ,
- lustful ,
- lustfulness ,
- luxuria ,
- mania ,
- mind ,
- mouthwatering ,
- nymphomania ,
- objective ,
- obscenity ,
- obsession ,
- oestrus ,
- pant after ,
- partiality ,
- passionate ,
- piggishness ,
- pleasure ,
- polymorphous perversity ,
- pornographic ,
- predilection ,
- prefer ,
- priapism ,
- pride ,
- proclivity ,
- promiscuity ,
- promiscuousness ,
- proneness ,
- propensity ,
- rapaciousness ,
- rapacity ,
- ravenousness ,
- regret ,
- resolution ,
- rut ,
- salaciousness ,
- salacity ,
- sapphism ,
- satyriasis ,
- sensualism ,
- sexiness ,
- sin ,
- sinfulness ,
- sloth ,
- sordidness ,
- starve ,
- stomach ,
- superbia ,
- swinishness ,
- take to ,
- thirst after ,
- thirst for ,
- tumescence ,
- twist ,
- uteromania ,
- velleity ,
- vice ,
- vileness ,
- volition ,
- voraciousness ,
- voracity ,
- wantonness ,
- way ,
- weakness ,
- wickedness ,
- will ,
- wishful ,
- wolfishness ,
- wrath ,
- yearn for ,
- young ,
- youthful .
- Peccability ,
- Sybaritism ,
- Torts ,
- Veniality ,
- a stomach for ,
- aphrodisias ,
- craving ,
- desire ,
- dolce vita ,
- druthers ,
- enterprises ,
- esurience ,
- evil doing ,
- evil-doing ,
- eyes for ,
- famine ,
- famishment ,
- fast living ,
- fire in belly ,
- get up and go ,
- hunger ,
- hungriness ,
- impulsion ,
- impulsions ,
- initiative ,
- itch ,
- la dolce vita ,
- life in fast lane ,
- motivations ,
- munchies ,
- over-indulgence ,
- sex drive ,
- sexual desire ,
- spirit ,
- the hots ,
- thirst ,
- tort ,
- ungodliness ,
- unrighteousness ,
- urge ,
- vacancy ,
- wrongness ,
- zeal .
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How to use "Lust" in context?
There is no simple answer to the question of what lust is. For some people, it may be a simple feeling of attraction or wanting. For others, it might be more complex, and involve complex fantasies or desires. Ultimately, lust is a powerful and complex emotion, and it can be difficult to define or understand. However, one thing that is clear is that Lust is a vital part of relationships, both romantic and platonic. Without it, relationships can quickly become stale and monotonous. Just as importantly, Lust is essential for sexual expression and pleasure.
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Independent
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anxiety, quest, willingness, Desiderata.
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