I might as well drown as starve.
Source: tatoeba (20077)
Starve
/stɑːv/
Synonyms for "starve" (97 found)
Ranked by relevance and common usage.
Closest matches (20)
Verb(3 words)
annihilateasphyxiatebe in wantbe killedbe pinchedbe poorbe ravenousbegrudgebereave of lifecarry awaycarry offchloroformchokecut downcut offdeprive of lifedestroy
Strong matches (29)
Related words (48)
Related word relations
OpenGloss and ConceptNet supply richer edges like generalizations, collocations, and derivations.
More general
24 entriesShowing 16 of 24 words.
More specific
6 entriescrave attentiondie from hungerstarve civiliansstarve prisonerswaste awayyearn for praise
Collocations
5 entriesdie of hungergo hungrystarve for attentionstarve oneselfsuffer hunger
Inflections
3 entriesDerivations
4 entriesAntonyms
1 entriessimilar
1 entriesTranslations
44 translations across 33 languages.
Arabic
1 entries- مَاتَ جَوْعًا verb (to die because of lack of food)
Asturian
1 entries- esfamiar verb (to die because of lack of food)
Belarusian
1 entries- галада́ць verb (to die because of lack of food)
Bulgarian
1 entries- гладувам verb (to die because of lack of food)
Catalan
1 entries- morir de gana verb (to die because of lack of food)
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 餓死 /饿死 verb (to die because of lack of food)
Czech
1 entries- hladovět verb (to die because of lack of food)
Dutch
2 entries- sterven van de honger verb (to die because of lack of food)
- verhongeren verb (to die because of lack of food)
Faroese
1 entries- svølta verb (to die because of lack of food)
Finnish
3 entries- kuolla nälkään verb (to die because of lack of food)
- nääntyä verb (to die because of lack of food)
- nääntyä (nälkään) verb (to die because of lack of food)
French
1 entries- mourir de faim verb (to die because of lack of food)
Galician
2 entries- alangrear verb (to die because of lack of food)
- esfamear verb (to die because of lack of food)
German
2 entries- Hungers sterben verb (to die because of lack of food)
- verhungern verb (to die because of lack of food)
Hebrew
1 entries- גָּוַע verb (to die because of lack of food)
Hungarian
1 entries- éhenhal verb (to die because of lack of food)
Indonesian
1 entries- mati kelaparan verb (to die because of lack of food)
Italian
1 entries- morire di fame verb (to die because of lack of food)
Japanese
2 entries- 飢える verb (to die because of lack of food)
- 餓死する verb (to die because of lack of food)
Khün
1 entries- ᩋᩧ᩠ᨷ verb (to die because of lack of food)
Korean
1 entries- 굶어죽다 verb (to die because of lack of food)
Polish
1 entries- głodować verb (to die because of lack of food)
Portuguese
1 entries- morrer de fome verb (to die because of lack of food)
Romanian
3 entries- flămânzi verb (to die because of lack of food)
- muri de foame verb (to die because of lack of food)
- suferi de foame verb (to die because of lack of food)
Russian
4 entries- голода́ть verb (to die because of lack of food)
- умира́ть от го́лода verb (to die because of lack of food)
- умира́ть с го́лода verb (to die because of lack of food)
- умира́ть с го́лоду verb (to die because of lack of food)
Slovak
1 entries- hladovať verb (to die because of lack of food)
Slovene
1 entries- stradati verb (to die because of lack of food)
Spanish
1 entries- morir de hambre verb (to die because of lack of food)
Swedish
1 entries- svälta verb (to die because of lack of food)
Tagalog
1 entries- gutumin verb (to die because of lack of food)
Telugu
1 entries- ఆకలిచావు verb (to die because of lack of food)
Turkish
1 entries- açlıktan ölmek verb (to die because of lack of food)
Ukrainian
1 entries- голодува́ти verb (to die because of lack of food)
Vietnamese
1 entries- chết đói verb (to die because of lack of food)
Sample sentences
26 total sentences available.
We cannot stand quiet and watch people starve.
Source: tatoeba (22878)
I might as well starve as do such a thing.
Source: tatoeba (41624)
Feed a cold and starve a fever.
Source: tatoeba (63733)
Showing 4 of 26 available sentences.