Word Type

Verb

The word "starve" can be used as a verb.

Word Relationships

Opposites (Antonyms)

feed

Derived Terms

cash-starved feed a cold, starve a fever ha'penny starver hunger-starve nonstarved nonstarving overstarve penny starver prestarved semistarved sex-starved starvation starve out starve the bardies starve the beast starve the crows starve the lizards starve-acre starve-gutted starved starvedly starveling starver starving starving artist starvingly unstarved while the grass grows, the steed starves

Context

british

Broader Terms (Hypernyms)

ache buy the farm cash in one's chips choke conk croak decease deprive desire die drop dead exit expire give-up the ghost go hurt kick the bucket pass pass away perish pop off snuff it suffer want

Type Of (IsA)

perish

Manner Of

deprive die suffer

Related Terms

capitulate cold deprivation deprive destroy die hungry kill

Similar Terms

famish

Synonym Network

crave

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