Synonyms for thirst
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1. thirst

   Appetite is used only of the demands of the physical system, unless otherwise expressly stated, as when we say an appetite for knowledge; passion includes all excitable impulses of our nature, as anger, fear, love, hatred, etc. Appetite is thus more animal than passion; and when we speak of passions and appetites as conjoined or contrasted, we think of the appetites as wholly physical and of the passions as, in part at least, mental or spiritual. We say an appetite for food, a passion for fame. Compare DESIRE.

   Compare ANTIPATHY.

   Synonyms:
   appetency, appetite, craving, desire, disposition, impulse, inclination, liking, longing, lust, passion, proclivity, proneness, propensity, relish, zest

   Antonyms:
   antipathy, aversion, detestation, disgust, dislike, disrelish, distaste, hatred, indifference, loathing, repugnance, repulsion

   Preposition:
   He had an insatiable appetite for the marvellous.

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1. thirst, thirstinessnoun

   a physiological need to drink

   Synonyms:
   aridness, hungriness, hunger, aridity, thirstiness

2. hunger, hungriness, thirst, thirstinessverb

   strong desire for something (not food or drink)

   "a thirst for knowledge"; "hunger for affection"

   Synonyms:
   thirstiness, aridness, yearning, hunger, aridity, longing, hungriness

3. thirstverb

   feel the need to drink

   Synonyms:
   lust, hunger, crave, starve

4. crave, hunger, thirst, starve, lustverb

   have a craving, appetite, or great desire for

   Synonyms:
   lust, hunger, crave, famish, starve

Matched Categories

1. • Ache
   • Drive

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1. thirstnoun

   Synonyms:
   desire for drink

2. thirstnoun

   Synonyms:
   desire, longing, craving

3. thirstverb

   Synonyms:
   desire to drink

4. thirstverb

   Synonyms:
   desire, long, crave, hanker

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1. thirstnoun

   Synonyms:
   dryness, aridity, drought

   Antonyms:
   adipsy

   Associated words:
   slake, quench, dipsetic, adipsous

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1. List of paraphrases for "thirst":

   thirsty, sed, seds, lust, craving

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How to use thirst in a sentence?

1. Nick McCabe:

   The thirst for increasingly elite experiences in Delano Las Vegas has grown exponentially.

2. Ralph Waldo Emerson:

   The thirst for adventure is the vent which Destiny offers a war, a crusade, a gold mine, a new country, speak to the imagination and offer swing and play to the confined powers.

3. Charles Koch:

   But he had tremendous values – tremendous integrity, humility, work ethic – and terrific thirst for knowledge.

4. Cecil Haney:

   North Korea as a whole (is) very, very problematic in terms of their thirst to have a nuclear capability.

5. The Hitopadesa:

   Through avarice a man loses his understanding, and by his thirst for wealth he gives pain to the inhabitants of both worlds.