Synonyms of longing

longing 1 of 3

noun

ˈlȯŋ-iŋ 

as in desire

a strong wish for something

by four o'clock in the afternoon, I usually experience a strong longing for chocolate

Synonyms & Similar Words

• desire
• craving
• thirst
• urge
• hunger
• yearning
• passion
• appetite
• lust
• pining
• taste
• itch
• wish
• yen
• drive
• hankering
• love
• compulsion
• thirstiness
• zeal
• appetency
• impulse
• jones
• need
• liking
• eagerness
• impatience
• letch
• will
• impulsion
• requirement
• weakness
• necessity
• obsession
• want
• greed
• avarice
• acquisitiveness
• cupidity
• greediness
• rapacity
• avidity
• covetousness
• mania
• avariciousness
• rapaciousness
• cacoëthes

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• hatred
• disgust
• nausea
• revulsion
• repulsion
• loathing
• distaste
• repugnance
• aversion
• dislike
• allergy
• abhorrence
• disinclination
• indifference
• abomination
• disfavor
• apathy
• disliking
• averseness
• unconcern
• nonchalance
• insouciance

longing

2 of 3

adjective

as in pining

Synonyms & Similar Words

• pining
• craving
• covetous
• ambitious
• restless
• hankering
• obsessed
• happy
• breathless
• appetent
• restive
• interested
• engaged
• eager
• hung up
• willing
• ready
• anxious
• glad
• desirous
• hungry
• impatient
• enthusiastic
• game
• ardent
• disposed
• excited
• amenable
• solicitous
• thirsty
• inclined
• pumped
• avid
• voracious
• antsy
• greedy
• unreluctant
• great
• agog
• nuts
• stoked
• athirst
• keen
• wild
• raring
• crazy
• gung ho
• enthused
• geeked
• hepped up
• hopped-up
• hot
• juiced

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• indifferent
• apathetic
• casual
• unenthusiastic
• uninterested
• unconcerned
• nonchalant
• disinterested
• detached
• aloof
• insouciant
• incurious
• unwilling
• reluctant
• stolid
• impassive
• languid
• uneager
• languorous
• lukewarm
• hesitant
• spiritless
• lackadaisical
• halfhearted
• loath
• averse
• loth
• disinclined
• loathe

longing

3 of 3

verb

present participle of long

as in yearning

Synonyms & Similar Words

• yearning
• pining
• fearing
• worrying
• agonizing
• troubling
• chafing
• stressing
• bothering
• sweating
• stewing
• fretting
• despairing
• fussing

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• accepting
• enduring
• taking
• abiding
• sustaining
• bearing
• sticking out
• tolerating
• stomaching

Examples of longing in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Noun

The core of the collection spoke to the deep connection and longing for one’s home country that is left behind, according to the designer. —Ugonnaora Owoh, Essence, 25 Sep. 2024

The Full Moon in Taurus, on the other hand, gets funky, causing an uncharacteristic longing for unexpected upheaval. —Jennifer Culp, Them, 16 Oct. 2024

This displacement has ignited a profound longing for their homeland — nostalgia for cherished sights, sounds and flavors that connect them to their origins. —Roxsy Lin, Los Angeles Times, 3 Oct. 2024

Michaels is fearless in facing longing and ghosts and mysteries. —The Know, The Denver Post, 29 Sep. 2024