thirst
[noun]
Synonyms:
- thirstiness, drought, dryness
- craving, appetite, desire, hankering, keenness, longing, passion, yearning

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Related Words: covet, desire, wish

[TahlilGaran] English Synonym Dictionary ▲

I. thirst¹ /θɜːst $ θɜːrst/ noun
[Word Family: noun: thirst; adverb: thirstily; adjective: thirsty]
[Language: Old English; Origin: thurst]

1. [singular] the feeling of wanting or needing a drink ⇒ thirsty, hunger:
Ice water is the only thing that really quenches my thirst (=gets rid of it).
We had worked up a thirst (=done something that made us thirsty), and so we decided to stop for a beer.
Maggie woke up with a raging thirst (=an extremely strong thirst).

2. [uncountable] the state of not having enough to drink:
Many of the animals had died of thirst.

3. a thirst for knowledge/education/information etc literary a strong desire for knowledge etc:
the thirst for knowledge in Renaissance Italy

[TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲

II. thirst² verb [intransitive] old use
to be thirsty
thirst for/after something phrasal verb literary
to want something very much:
young men thirsting for adventure

[TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲

thirst
noun
I. desire to drink
ADJ. great, intense, raging, terrible, unquenchable
VERB + THIRST suffer from Many of the refugees were suffering badly from thirst.
quench, slake | die of | work up After walking five miles, they had worked up a great thirst.

[TahlilGaran] Collocations Dictionary ▲

thirst
II. strong desire
ADJ. great, unquenchable He has an unquenchable thirst for knowledge.
VERB + THIRST have | satisfy
PREP. ~ for

[TahlilGaran] Collocations Dictionary ▲