Synonyms of yearn
23 similar words
Another word for yearn is run. Other synonyms of yearn are pant, salivate, burn, earn and lust.
Synonyms and similar words for yearn
verbTo have a strong desire for something or to do something; to long for or to do something.
verbTo have a strong desire or longing (for something or to do something).
- earn obsoleteTo curdle (milk), especially in the cheesemaking process.
nounA strong desire or longing; a yearning, a yen.
- lust
- urgeA strong desire to do something.
- ache
- appetencyStrong desire; craving; powerful instinct.
- appetite figuratively
- cravingA strong desire; yearning.
- hankeringA strong, restless desire, longing, or mental inclination.
- hunger figuratively
- impulse
- itch
- jones US, slang
- lickerish
- longing
- thirst figuratively
- yearning
- yen
- letch archaic
- pining archaicThe act of one who pines.
verbOf milk: to curdle, especially in the cheesemaking process.
Meaning of yearn
- verb To have a strong desire for something or to do something; to long for or to do something.
- verb To long for something in the past with melancholy or nostalgia.
- verb Of music, words, etc.: to express strong desire or longing.
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