Word Type

Verb

Noun

The word "hunger" can be used as verb and noun.

Word Relationships

Opposites (Antonyms)

full satiation satiety

Causes

discomfort eating starvation

Causes Desire

begin work bring home fish buy buy food buy fresh fruits and vegetables cook cook curry cook dinner cook meal eat eat breakfast eat hamburger eat quickly feed family fish go to market go to store have food have lunch make bread make shopping list open bag of chips spend money taste sweet

Derived Terms

ahungered air hunger anhungered anti-hunger antihunger enhunger father hunger forhungered hanger hunger is a good sauce hunger is the best pickle hunger is the best sauce hunger is the best seasoning hunger is the best spice hunger knock hunger moon hunger pain hunger pang hunger sauce hunger stone hunger strike hunger-pain hungerbitten hungerer hungerful hungerless hungerly hungersome hungry ravenous hunger sex-hunger shell hunger skin hunger

First Subevents

make tummy growl

Has Property

painful uncomfortable

Broader Terms (Hypernyms)

ache desire desire drive hurt smart suffer want

Type Of (IsA)

desire drive facet collection feeling physical sensation physiological attribute of animals sensation

Manner Of

ache

Related Terms

thirst

Related Terms

absence desire famish famished feel feel pangs feeling feeling when food food absence long need pain pangs stomach stomach feeling stomach pain thirst want want food wanting wanting food when yearn

Synonym Network

be crave starve

Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.