Synonyms of hankering (for or after)

hankering (for or after)

verb

present participle of hanker (for or after)

as in craving

to have an earnest wish to own or enjoy

hankering for some company in his lonely mountain cabin

hanker after a life of leisure

Synonyms & Similar Words

• craving
• dying (for)
• wishing (for)
• wanting
• panting (after)
• yearning (for)
• sighing (for)
• itching (for)
• longing (for)
• thirsting (for)
• lusting (for or after)
• hungering (for)
• pining (for)
• salivating (for)
• aching (for)
• repining (for)
• jonesing (for)
• enjoying
• yenning (for)
• desiring
• setting one's heart on
• spoiling (for)
• coveting
• revelling (in)
• loving
• grooving (on)
• desiderating
• delighting (in)
• reveling (in)
• liking
• preferring
• admiring
• relishing
• fancying
• digging
• favoring
• valuing
• adoring
• appreciating
• cherishing
• treasuring
• prizing

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• hating
• despising
• loathing
• abhorring
• detesting
• abominating
• refusing
• rejecting
• declining
• execrating
• spurning