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Starve

🔄 Synonyms of "Starve"

4 synonyms found via WordNet and Google Books.

Word	Definition
lustnoun	A feeling of strong desire, especially such a feeling driven by sexual arousal.
craveverb	(ambitransitive) To desire strongly, so as to satisfy an appetite; to long or yearn for.
hungernoun	A need or compelling desire for food.
thirstnoun	A sensation of dryness in the throat associated with a craving for liquids, produced by deprivation of drink, or by some other cause (such as fear, excitement, etc.) which stops the secretion of the pharyngeal mucous membrane.

↔️ Antonyms of "Starve"

Words with the opposite meaning.

Word	Definition
giveverb	(ditransitive) To move, shift, provide something abstract or concrete to someone or something or somewhere.
grubnoun	(uncountable, slang) Food.
feednoun	(transitive) To give (someone or something) food to eat.
be fullverb	be sated, have enough to eat

💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Starve"

Found via reverse dictionary — words that share a conceptual meaning.

Word	Definition
hungerverb	(intransitive) To be in need of food.
craveverb	(ambitransitive) To desire strongly, so as to satisfy an appetite; to long or yearn for.
lustverb	(intransitive, usually in the phrase lust after) To look at or watch with a strong desire, especially of a sexual nature.
thirstverb	(intransitive) To be thirsty.
starvationnoun	A condition of severe suffering due to a lack of nutrition.
famishverb	(intransitive) To suffer extreme hunger or thirst, so as to be exhausted in strength, or to nearly perish.
faminenoun	(uncountable) Extreme shortage of food in a region.
hungry	Affected by hunger; having the physical need for food.
dieverb	(intransitive) To stop living; to become dead; to undergo death.
chokeverb	(intransitive) To be unable to breathe because of obstruction of the windpipe (for instance food or other objects that go down the wrong way, or fumes or particles in the air that cause the throat to constrict).
strangleverb	(transitive) To kill someone by squeezing the throat so as to cut off the oxygen supply; to choke, suffocate or throttle.
appetitenoun	A desire to eat food or consume drinks.
depriveverb	(transitive) Used with “of”, to take something away from (someone) and keep it away; to deny someone something.
denyverb	(transitive) To assert that something is not true.
faimnoun	—
fastnoun	(dated) Firmly or securely fixed in place; stable.
underfeedverb	(transitive) To feed inadequately or insufficiently.
malnourishverb	(transitive) To feed insufficiently, to cause malnutrition.
emaciateverb	(transitive) To make extremely thin or wasted.
wastenoun	Excess of material, useless by-products, or damaged, unsaleable products; garbage; rubbish.