Hunger

//ˈhʌŋɡə//

Synonyms for "hunger" (141 found)

Ranked by relevance and common usage.

Closest matches (29)

Verb(1 words)
crave

Strong matches (42)

Verb(1 words)
famish
Noun(2 words)
famishmenthungriness

Related words (70)

Verb(3 words)
luststarvethirst
Noun(3 words)
thirstthirstinessurge

Related word relations

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12 relation types

More general

8 entries

Antonyms

3 entries

Synonyms

3 entries

Related terms

1 entries

causes

3 entries

causes desire

24 entries

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derived

33 entries

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has first_subevent

1 entries

has property

2 entries

is a

7 entries

manner of

1 entries

related to

24 entries

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Translations

320 translations across 174 languages.

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Abkhaz

1 entries
  • амла noun (need for food)

Afar

1 entries
  • luwa noun (need for food)

Aghwan

1 entries
  • 𐔱𐕒𐕡𐕚 noun (need for food)

Akan

1 entries
  • ɔkɔm noun (need for food)

Albanian

1 entries
  • uri noun (need for food)

Ancient Greek

4 entries
  • λιμός noun (need for food)
  • πεῖνα noun (need for food)
  • σιτοδεία noun (need for food)
  • πεινάω verb (need food)

Andi

1 entries
  • моко noun (need for food)

Arabic

4 entries
  • تَعَطُّش noun (strong desire)
  • جوع noun (need for food)
  • جُوع noun (need for food)
  • رَغْبَة noun (strong desire)

Aragonese

1 entries
  • fambre noun (need for food)

Armenian

2 entries
  • սով noun (need for food)
  • քաղց noun (need for food)

Aromanian

1 entries
  • foami noun (need for food)

Assamese

1 entries
  • ভোক noun (need for food)

Asturian

3 entries
  • fame noun (need for food)
  • tar esfamiáu verb (need food)
  • tener fame verb (need food)

Avar

1 entries
  • ракъи noun (need for food)

Azerbaijani

1 entries
  • aclıq noun (need for food)

Bangi

1 entries
  • nzala noun (need for food)

Bashkir

1 entries
  • аслыҡ noun (need for food)

Basque

1 entries
  • gose noun (need for food)

Belarusian

1 entries
  • го́лад noun (need for food)

Bengali

4 entries
  • ক্ষুধা noun (need for food)
  • খিদা noun (need for food)
  • ভুক noun (need for food)
  • ভুখ noun (need for food)

Breton

1 entries
  • naon noun (need for food)

Bulgarian

4 entries
  • глад noun (need for food)
  • жа́жда noun (strong desire)
  • гладувам verb (need food)
  • жадувам verb (desire)

Burmese

2 entries
  • အငတ် noun (need for food)
  • အဆာ noun (need for food)

Carpathian Rusyn

1 entries
  • го́лод noun (need for food)

Catalan

3 entries
  • fam noun (need for food)
  • gana noun (need for food)
  • set noun (strong desire)

Cebuano

1 entries
  • gutom noun (need for food)

Central Atlas Tamazight

1 entries
  • ⵍⴰⵥ noun (need for food)

Central Kurdish

3 entries
  • برس noun (need for food)
  • برسێتی noun (need for food)
  • برسی verb (need food)

Chechen

1 entries
  • мацалла noun (need for food)

Cherokee

1 entries
  • ᎤᏲᏏᎭ verb (need food)

Chichewa

1 entries
  • njala noun (need for food)

Chinese Mandarin

2 entries
  • 渴望 noun (strong desire)
  • 飢餓 /饥饿 noun (need for food)

Chukchi

1 entries
  • гытъатгыргын noun (need for food)

Church Slavic

1 entries
  • гладъ noun (need for food)

Chuvash

2 entries
  • выҫлӑх noun (need for food)
  • выҫӑ noun (need for food)

Coptic

2 entries
  • ϩⲕⲟ noun (need for food)
  • ϩⲕⲟ verb (need food)

Cornish

1 entries
  • nown noun (need for food)

Czech

2 entries
  • hlad noun (need for food)
  • hladovět verb (need food)

Dalmatian

1 entries
  • fum noun (need for food)

Danish

1 entries
  • sult noun (need for food)

Dutch

4 entries
  • honger noun (need for food)
  • trek noun (need for food)
  • honger hebben verb (need food)
  • hongeren verb (need food)

Egyptian

1 entries
  • H-q:r-A2 noun (need for food)

Esperanto

2 entries
  • malsato noun (need for food)
  • malsati verb (need food)

Estonian

1 entries
  • nälg noun (need for food)

Even

1 entries
  • дьэмкэн noun (need for food)

Evenki

1 entries
  • дему noun (need for food)

Faroese

3 entries
  • hungur noun (need for food)
  • svongd noun (need for food)
  • svultur noun (need for food)

Finnish

4 entries
  • himo noun (strong desire)
  • nälkä noun (need for food)
  • nälkä noun (strong desire)
  • himoita verb (desire)

French

4 entries
  • faim noun (need for food)
  • soif noun (strong desire)
  • avoir faim verb (need food)
  • avoir soif verb (desire)

Friulian

1 entries
  • fan noun (need for food)

Galician

4 entries
  • anguria noun (strong desire)
  • arela noun (strong desire)
  • carpulla noun (need for food)
  • debezo noun (strong desire)

Georgian

1 entries
  • შიმშილი noun (need for food)

German

4 entries
  • Hunger noun (need for food)
  • Hunger haben verb (need food)
  • hungern verb (need food)
  • hungrig sein verb (need food)

Gothic

2 entries
  • 𐌷𐌿𐌷𐍂𐌿𐍃 noun (need for food)
  • 𐌷𐌿𐌲𐌲𐍂𐌾𐌰𐌽 verb (need food)

Greek

4 entries
  • ασιτία noun (need for food)
  • λαχτάρα noun (strong desire)
  • λιγούρα noun (need for food)
  • λιμός noun (need for food)

Hadza

1 entries
  • házze noun (need for food)

Haitian Creole

1 entries
  • grangou noun (need for food)

Hebrew

1 entries
  • רָעָב noun (need for food)

Hindi

1 entries
  • भूख noun (need for food)

Hungarian

1 entries
  • éhség noun (need for food)

Icelandic

2 entries
  • hungur noun (need for food)
  • sultur noun (need for food)

Ido

2 entries
  • hungro noun (need for food)
  • hungrar verb (need food)

Indonesian

1 entries
  • lapar noun (need for food)

Ingrian

1 entries
  • nälkä noun (need for food)

Ingush

1 entries
  • мецавалар noun (need for food)

Interlingua

1 entries
  • fame noun (need for food)

Irish

4 entries
  • anrachán noun (strong desire)
  • ocras noun (need for food)
  • ocras noun (strong desire)
  • ocras verb (need food)

Istriot

1 entries
  • fan noun (need for food)

Istro-Romanian

1 entries
  • fome noun (need for food)

Italian

2 entries
  • fame noun (need for food)
  • avere fame verb (need food)

Japanese

4 entries
  • 空腹 noun (need for food)
  • 飢え noun (need for food)
  • 飢餓 noun (need for food)
  • 飢える verb (need food)

Kabuverdianu

1 entries
  • fómi noun (need for food)

Kapampangan

2 entries
  • danup noun (need for food)
  • keranupan noun (need for food)

Karakhanid

1 entries
  • ااجْماقْ verb (need food)

Kazakh

1 entries
  • аштық noun (need for food)

Khakas

1 entries
  • ас noun (need for food)

Khalaj

1 entries
  • âç noun (need for food)

Kikuyu

1 entries
  • ng'aragu noun (need for food)

Kongo

1 entries
  • nzala noun (need for food)

Korean

2 entries
  • 굶주림 noun (need for food)
  • 배고픔 noun (need for food)

Kyrgyz

1 entries
  • ачтык noun (need for food)

Latgalian

2 entries
  • bods noun (need for food)
  • olkonums noun (need for food)

Latin

2 entries
  • famēs noun (need for food)
  • ēsuriō verb (need food)

Latvian

1 entries
  • bads noun (need for food)

Lingala

1 entries
  • nzala noun (need for food)

Lithuanian

1 entries
  • alkis noun (need for food)

Lombard

1 entries
  • famm noun (need for food)

Louisiana Creole

3 entries
  • fim noun (need for food)
  • gran-gou noun (need for food)
  • fim verb (need food)

Lower Sorbian

1 entries
  • głod noun (need for food)

Luba-Kasai

1 entries
  • nzala noun (need for food)

Luba-Katanga

1 entries
  • nzala noun (need for food)

Luxembourgish

1 entries
  • Honger noun (need for food)

Macedonian

1 entries
  • глад noun (need for food)

Malay

1 entries
  • lapar noun (need for food)

Maltese

1 entries
  • ġuħ noun (need for food)

Manx

1 entries
  • accrys noun (need for food)

Maranao

1 entries
  • gotem noun (need for food)

Marathi

1 entries
  • भूख noun (need for food)

Mongolian

1 entries
  • өлсгөлөн noun (need for food)

Navajo

1 entries
  • dichin noun (need for food)

Nepali

1 entries
  • भोक noun (need for food)

Norman

1 entries
  • fôim noun (need for food)

Northern Kurdish

1 entries
  • birçîtî noun (need for food)

Northern Sami

1 entries
  • nealgi noun (need for food)

Norwegian

1 entries
  • hungre verb (desire)

Norwegian Bokmål

4 entries
  • hunger noun (need for food)
  • hunger noun (strong desire)
  • sult noun (need for food)
  • sulte verb (need food)

Norwegian Nynorsk

4 entries
  • hunger noun (need for food)
  • hunger noun (strong desire)
  • svolt noun (need for food)
  • svelte verb (need food)

Occitan

1 entries
  • fam noun (need for food)

Odia

1 entries
  • ଭୋକ noun (need for food)

Old Church Slavonic

2 entries
  • алкати verb (need food)
  • алкати verb (desire)

Old East Slavic

1 entries
  • голодъ noun (need for food)

Old English

1 entries
  • hungor noun (need for food)

Old High German

1 entries
  • hungar noun (need for food)

Old Norse

1 entries
  • hungr noun (need for food)

Old Prussian

1 entries
  • alkautwei verb (need food)

Old Turkic

2 entries
  • 𐰀𐰲𐰾𐰴 noun (need for food)
  • 𐰀𐰲 verb (need food)

Ossetian

1 entries
  • стонг noun (need for food)

Ottoman Turkish

1 entries
  • آجلق noun (need for food)

Papiamentu

1 entries
  • hamber noun (need for food)

Pashto

1 entries
  • لوږه noun (need for food)

Persian

1 entries
  • گرسنگی noun (need for food)

Plautdietsch

2 entries
  • Hunga noun (need for food)
  • hungrich sennen verb (need food)

Polish

4 entries
  • głód noun (need for food)
  • żądza noun (strong desire)
  • głodować verb (need food)
  • pożądać verb (desire)

Portuguese

4 entries
  • fome noun (need for food)
  • sede noun (strong desire)
  • desejar verb (desire)
  • ter fome verb (need food)

Quechua

1 entries
  • yarqay noun (need for food)

Rohingya

1 entries
  • búk noun (need for food)

Romagnol

1 entries
  • fâm noun (need for food)

Romani

1 entries
  • bokh noun (need for food)

Romanian

2 entries
  • foame noun (need for food)
  • fie foame verb (need food)

Romansch

1 entries
  • fom noun (need for food)

Russian

4 entries
  • го́лод noun (need for food)
  • жа́жда noun (strong desire)
  • алкать verb (desire)
  • голода́ть verb (need food)

Saho

1 entries
  • luwa noun (need for food)

Sango

1 entries
  • nzala noun (need for food)

Sanskrit

1 entries
  • बुभुक्षा noun (need for food)

Sardinian

1 entries
  • fàmene noun (need for food)

Scottish Gaelic

1 entries
  • acras noun (need for food)

Serbo-Croatian

4 entries
  • glad noun (need for food)
  • глад noun (need for food)
  • gladòvati verb (need food)
  • гладо̀вати verb (need food)

Sicilian

1 entries
  • fami noun (need for food)

Sindhi

1 entries
  • بک noun (need for food)

Slovak

1 entries
  • hlad noun (need for food)

Slovene

1 entries
  • lakota noun (need for food)

Somali

1 entries
  • gaajo noun (need for food)

Southern Altai

1 entries
  • ач noun (need for food)

Spanish

4 entries
  • acucia noun (strong desire)
  • anhelo noun (strong desire)
  • fambre (desus.) noun (need for food)
  • fiaca noun (need for food)

Sranan Tongo

1 entries
  • angri noun (need for food)

Swahili

4 entries
  • njaa noun (need for food)
  • njaa noun (strong desire)
  • unenge noun (need for food)
  • unenge noun (strong desire)

Swedish

4 entries
  • hunger noun (need for food)
  • hunger noun (strong desire)
  • hungra verb (need food)
  • hungra verb (desire)

Tajik

1 entries
  • гуруснагӣ noun (need for food)

Tamil

1 entries
  • பசி noun (need for food)

Tatar

1 entries
  • ачлык noun (need for food)

Telugu

1 entries
  • ఆకలి noun (need for food)

Tetum

2 entries
  • hamlaha noun (need for food)
  • laha noun (need for food)

Thai

1 entries
  • ความหิว noun (need for food)

Tocharian B

1 entries
  • kest noun (need for food)

Tumbuka

1 entries
  • njala noun (need for food)

Turkish

3 entries
  • aç noun (need for food)
  • açlık noun (need for food)
  • acıkmak verb (need food)

Turkmen

2 entries
  • aaçlyk noun (need for food)
  • açlyk noun (need for food)

Tuvan

1 entries
  • аш noun (need for food)

Ugaritic

1 entries
  • 𐎗𐎙𐎁𐎐 noun (need for food)

Ukrainian

1 entries
  • го́лод noun (need for food)

Upper Sorbian

1 entries
  • hłód noun (need for food)

Urdu

1 entries
  • بھوک noun (need for food)

Uyghur

1 entries
  • ئاچلىق noun (need for food)

Uzbek

1 entries
  • ochlik noun (need for food)

Venetan

1 entries
  • fan noun (need for food)

Vietnamese

3 entries
  • đói noun (need for food)
  • bị đói verb (need food)
  • thèm verb (desire)

Vili

1 entries
  • nzala noun (need for food)

Votic

1 entries
  • nältše noun (need for food)

Walloon

1 entries
  • fwin noun (need for food)

Welsh

1 entries
  • newyn noun (need for food)

West-Frisian

2 entries
  • honger noun (need for food)
  • hûnger noun (need for food)

Yakut

2 entries
  • аас noun (need for food)
  • аас verb (need food)

Yiddish

1 entries
  • הונגער noun (need for food)

Zhuang

1 entries
  • iek noun (need for food)

Sample sentences

18 total sentences available.

Tatoeba + Wiktionary

To him, hunger was an abstract concept; he always had enough to eat.

Source: tatoeba (1933)

With hunger and fatigue, the dog died at last.

Source: tatoeba (18155)

Hunger is one of the greatest social miseries.

Source: tatoeba (18156)

Hunger is the best sauce.

Source: tatoeba (18157)

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