| Main Entry: | long |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | desire, crave |
Synonyms: |
ache, aim, aspire, covet, dream of, hanker, have a yen for, hunger, itch, lust, miss, pine, sigh, spoil for, suspire, thirst, want, wish, yearn |
Antonyms: |
despise, dislike, hate |
| Main Entry: | aspire |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | aim, hope |
Synonyms: |
be ambitious, be eager, crave, desire, dream, hanker, long, pursue, seek, strive, struggle, try, want, wish, yearn |
| Main Entry: | dream |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | conjure up scenario |
Synonyms: |
be delirious, be moonstruck, be up in clouds, brainstorm, build castles in air, conceive, concoct, cook up, crave, create, daydream, devise, envisage, fancy, fantasize, formulate, hallucinate, hanker, hatch, have a flash, have a nightmare, have a notion, have a vision, hunger, idealize, imagine, invent, long, lust, make up, picture, pine, search for pot of gold, sigh, stargaze, sublimate, think, think up, thirst, visualize |
| Main Entry: | envy |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | be jealous of another |
Synonyms: |
be envious, begrudge, covet, crave, desire, die over, eat one's heart out, grudge, hanker, have hard feelings, hunger, long, lust, object to, resent, thirst, turn green, want, yearn |
| Notes: | jealousy is reflective of a person's feelings or attitudes toward another person, whereas envy expresses a person's feelings or attitudes toward another person's advantages or accomplishments; jealousy pertains to emotional rivalry while envy is resentment of a more fortunate person |
Antonyms: |
be confident, be content |
| Main Entry: | hanker after/hanker for |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | desire strongly |
Synonyms: |
ache, covet, crave, hunger, itch, long, lust, partial to, pine, sigh, thirst, want, wish, yearn, yen |
Antonyms: |
dislike, hate |
| Main Entry: | itch |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | desire strongly |
Synonyms: |
ache, be impatient, burn, chafe, crave, hanker, have a yen for, hunger, long, lust, pant, pine, sigh, thirst, want, yearn |
Antonyms: |
dislike, hate |
| Main Entry: | languish |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | droop; become dull, listless |
Synonyms: |
be disregarded, be neglected, brood, conk out, decline, desire, despond, deteriorate, die on vine, dwindle, ebb, fade, fag, fag out, fail, faint, fizzle out, flag, go soft, go to pieces, grieve, hanker, hunger, knock out, long, pine, repine, rot, sicken, sigh, snivel, sorrow, suffer, tucker, waste, waste away, weaken, wilt, wither, yearn |
Antonyms: |
flourish, grow, improve, strengthen |
| Main Entry: | lust |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | desire strongly |
Synonyms: |
ache, be consumed with desire, be hot for, covet, crave, hanker, hunger for, itch, long, need, pine, thirst, want, wish, yearn, yen |
Antonyms: |
be chaste, be pure, dislike |
| Main Entry: | miss |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | want; feel a loss |
Synonyms: |
crave, desire, long, need, pine, wish, yearn |
Antonyms: |
don't want |
| Main Entry: | need |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | want something |
Synonyms: |
be deficient, be deprived, be down and out, be hard up, be in need of, be in want, be inadequate, be needy, be poor, be short, be without, call for, claim, covet, crave, demand, desire, die for, do without, drive for, exact, feel a dearth of, feel the necessity for, feel the pinch, go hungry, hanker, have occasion for, have occasion to, have use for, hunger, hurt for, lack, long, lust, miss, necessitate, pine, require, suffer privation, thirst, wish, yearn, yen for |
Antonyms: |
do not want, have |