Synonyms for CRAVE
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English Synonyms and AntonymsRate these synonyms:3.0 / 2 votes

1. crave

   One asks what he feels that he may fairly claim and reasonably expect; "if a son shall ask bread of any of you that is a father," Luke xi, 11; he begs for that to which he advances no claim but pity. Demand is a determined and often an arrogant word; one may rightfully demand what is his own or his due, when it is withheld or denied; or he may wrongfully demand that to which he has no claim but power. Require is less arrogant and obtrusive than demand, but is exceedingly strenuous; as, the court requires the attendance of witnesses. Entreat implies a special earnestness of asking, and beseech, a still added and more humble intensity; beseech was formerly often used as a polite intensive for beg or pray; as, I beseech you to tell me. To implore is to ask with weeping and lamentation; to supplicate is to ask, as it were, on bended knees. Crave and request are somewhat formal terms; crave has almost disappeared from conversation; request would seem distant between parent and child. Pray is now used chiefly of address to the Supreme Being; petition is used of written request to persons in authority; as, to petition the legislature to pass an act, or the governor to pardon an offender.

   Synonyms:
   ask, beg, beseech, demand, entreat, implore, petition, pray, request, require, solicit, supplicate

   Antonyms:
   claim, command, deny, enforce, exact, extort, insist, refuse, reject

   Preposition:
   Ask a person for a thing; ask a thing of or from a person; ask after or about one's health, welfare, friends, etc.

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1. crave

   Synonyms:
   intreat, implore, beg, ask, beseech, supplicate, cry

   Antonyms:
   demand, insist, require, seize

Princeton's WordNetRate these synonyms:3.3 / 4 votes

1. crave, hunger, thirst, starve, lustverb

   have a craving, appetite, or great desire for

   Synonyms:
   lust, hunger, crave, thirst, famish, starve

2. craveverb

   plead or ask for earnestly

   Synonyms:
   lust, hunger, thirst, starve

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1. craveverb

   Synonyms:
   entreat, beseech, beg, solicit, implore, supplicate

2. craveverb

   Synonyms:
   desire, long for, hanker after, wish for, yearn for

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1. craveverb

   Synonyms:
   long for, yearn for, hanker after, beseech, entreat, implore

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How to use CRAVE in a sentence?

1. Aurora Berill:

   Be positive and you will be headed towards lasting contentment and the success you crave.

2. The Guardian newspaper:

   It will please the Madchester faithful, who don’t require a fresh take on what these musicians are about, but for those who crave the magic of the band at their peak, the wait goes on.

3. George F. Will:

   We know next to nothing about virtually everything. It is not necessary to know the origin of the universe; it is necessary to want to know. Civilization depends not on any particular knowledge, but on the disposition to crave knowledge.

4. Julie Rish:

   People don't crave carrots or celery, they crave chocolate or ice cream.

5. Katie Notopoulos:

   We crave the bad tweets, the bad takes, the ratios, the pile-ons, the quote tweet dunks.