All hanker synonyms

verb hanker

• desire — A desire is a strong wish to do or have something.
• yearn — to have an earnest or strong desire; long: to yearn for a quiet vacation.
• crave — If you crave something, you want to have it very much.
• itch — to have or feel a peculiar tingling or uneasy irritation of the skin that causes a desire to scratch the part affected: My nose itches.
• yen — an aluminum coin and monetary unit of Japan, equal to 100 sen or 1000 rin. Symbol: ¥; Abbreviation: Y.
• wish — to want; desire; long for (usually followed by an infinitive or a clause): I wish to travel. I wish that it were morning.
• covet — If you covet something, you strongly want to have it for yourself.
• hunger — a compelling need or desire for food.
• pine — Archaic. painful longing.
• lust — intense sexual desire or appetite.
• long — having considerable linear extent in space: a long distance; a long handle.
• want — to feel a need or a desire for; wish for: to want one's dinner; always wanting something new.
• sigh — to let out one's breath audibly, as from sorrow, weariness, or relief.
• ache — If you ache or a part of your body aches, you feel a steady, fairly strong pain.
• thirst — a sensation of dryness in the mouth and throat caused by need of liquid.
• obsess — to dominate or preoccupy the thoughts, feelings, or desires of (a person); beset, trouble, or haunt persistently or abnormally: Suspicion obsessed him.