Synonyms for yearn
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Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and AntonymsRate these synonyms:3.0 / 1 vote

1. yearn

   Synonyms:
   long, hanker, crave, covet, desire

   Antonyms:
   loathe, revolt, recoil, shudder

2. yearn

   Synonyms:
   long for, be eager for

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1. hanker, long, yearnverb

   desire strongly or persistently

   Synonyms:
   yen, pine, ache, hanker, languish, long

2. ache, yearn, yen, pine, languishverb

   have a desire for something or someone who is not present

   "She ached for a cigarette"; "I am pining for my lover"

   Synonyms:
   smart, languish, hurt, fade, pine away, long, ache, suffer, pine, hanker, waste, yen

3. yearnverb

   have affection for; feel tenderness for

   Synonyms:
   yen, pine, ache, hanker, languish, long

Matched Categories

1. • Care For
   • Desire

Dictionary of English SynonymesRate these synonyms:5.0 / 1 vote

1. yearnverb

   Synonyms:
   long, be eager, feel a strong desire

Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated WordsRate these synonyms:2.0 / 1 vote

1. yearnverb

   Synonyms:
   long, desire, hanker after, pine

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1. List of paraphrases for "yearn":

   aspires

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How to use yearn in a sentence?

1. José Ortega y Gasset:

   Life is a series of collisions with the future; it is not the sum of what we have been, but what we yearn to be.

2. Jesse Hunt:

   Democrats are panicked Betsy Johnson multi-decade grip on the governor’s office is slipping away as Christine Drazan connects with a majority of Oregon voters who yearn for change, the Democrat regime of Joe Biden, Kate Brown, Tina Kotek, and Betsy Johnson have done nothing to make Oregon safer or more prosperous.

3. Mark Sanford:

   I wouldn't say it made my day, and it's not what anybody would yearn for in the world of politics, but it is what it is.

4. Nancy Pelosi:

   If Hillary had won, I was ready to go home, it was really shocking that someone like Donald Trump would be President of the United States. We yearn for the day of a Mitt Romney or a George Bush or someone. But anyway, that motivated me to stay now.

5. Johann von Goethe:

   I love those who yearn for the impossible.