All longing synonyms
long·ing
L l noun longing
- hankering — a longing; craving.
- hunger — a compelling need or desire for food.
- wish — to want; desire; long for (usually followed by an infinitive or a clause): I wish to travel. I wish that it were morning.
- aspiration — Someone's aspirations are their desire to achieve things.
- thirst — a sensation of dryness in the mouth and throat caused by need of liquid.
- ambition — If you have an ambition to do or achieve something, you want very much to do it or achieve it.
- urge — to push or force along; impel with force or vigor: to urge the cause along.
- 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.
- desire — A desire is a strong wish to do or have something.
- ache — If you ache or a part of your body aches, you feel a steady, fairly strong pain.
- lust — intense sexual desire or appetite.
- coveting — Present participle of covet.
- hungering — Present participle of hunger.
- fire in the belly — (Idiomatic) The emotional stamina and vigor, passion, or inner drive to achieve something, to take action, etc.
adj longing
- eager — keen or ardent in desire or feeling; impatiently longing: I am eager for news about them. He is eager to sing.
- yearning — deep longing, especially when accompanied by tenderness or sadness: a widower's yearning for his wife.
- languishing — becoming languid, in any way.
- craving — an intense desire or longing
- pining — to yearn deeply; suffer with longing; long painfully (often followed by for): to pine for one's home and family.
- anxious — If you are anxious to do something or anxious that something should happen, you very much want to do it or very much want it to happen.
- ardent — Ardent is used to describe someone who has extremely strong feelings about something or someone.
- avid — You use avid to describe someone who is very enthusiastic about something that they do.
- hungry — having a desire, craving, or need for food; feeling hunger.
- ravenous — extremely hungry; famished; voracious: feeling ravenous after a hard day's work.
- wishful — having or showing a wish; desirous; longing.
- wistful — characterized by melancholy; longing; yearning.
adjective longing
- desirous — If you are desirous of doing something or desirous of something, you want to do it very much or want it very much.