Synonyms for appetite
ˈæp ɪˌtaɪtap·petite

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1. appetitenoun

   Synonyms:
   desire, craving, longing, passion, appetency

2. appetitenoun

   Desire for, or relish of, food or drink; hunger.

   Synonyms:
   craving, appetency, desire, passion, longing

3. appetitenoun

   Any strong desire; an eagerness or longing.

   Synonyms:
   craving, desire, longing, appetency, passion

4. appetitenoun

   The desire for some personal gratification, either of the body or of the mind.

   The object of appetite is whatsoever sensible good may be wished for; the object of will is that good which reason does lead us to seek. --Richard Hooker.

   Synonyms:
   longing, appetency, passion, desire, craving

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1. appetite

   Appetite is used only of the demands of the physical system, unless otherwise expressly stated, as when we say an appetite for knowledge; passion includes all excitable impulses of our nature, as anger, fear, love, hatred, etc. Appetite is thus more animal than passion; and when we speak of passions and appetites as conjoined or contrasted, we think of the appetites as wholly physical and of the passions as, in part at least, mental or spiritual. We say an appetite for food, a passion for fame. Compare DESIRE.

   Compare ANTIPATHY.

   Synonyms:
   appetency, craving, desire, disposition, impulse, inclination, liking, longing, lust, passion, proclivity, proneness, propensity, relish, thirst, zest

   Antonyms:
   antipathy, aversion, detestation, disgust, dislike, disrelish, distaste, hatred, indifference, loathing, repugnance, repulsion

   Preposition:
   He had an insatiable appetite for the marvellous.

Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and AntonymsRate these synonyms:5.0 / 2 votes

1. appetite

   Synonyms:
   passion, desire, propensity, proclivity, inclination, propension, appetency, want, craving, disposition, tendency, proneness

   Antonyms:
   repugnance, aversion, antipathy, loathing, indifference, apathy

Princeton's WordNetRate these synonyms:5.0 / 1 vote

1. appetite, appetency, appetencenoun

   a feeling of craving something

   "an appetite for life"; "the object of life is to satisfy as many appetencies as possible"- Granville Hicks

   Synonyms:
   appetence, appetency

Matched Categories

1. • Craving

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1. appetitenoun

   Synonyms:
   desire, longing, craving, relish, hankering, pruriency, appetency, passion

2. appetitenoun

   Synonyms:
   hunger, stomach, desire of food

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1. appetitenoun

   Synonyms:
   desire for food, hunger, desire, appetency, craving, passion, appetence

   Antonyms:
   inappetency, indifference, aversion, distaste

PPDB, the paraphrase databaseRate these paraphrases:1.0 / 2 votes

1. List of paraphrases for "appetite":

   hungry, hunger, anorexia, gusto, taste, thirsty

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How to use appetite in a sentence?

1. Jason Blum:

   There's an appetite for more scary movies every year, there's a real market for hardcore fans - not millions but hundreds of thousands - and there's new distribution avenues to get to them.

2. Matt Schlapp:

   Manriquez said. None of this means primary success is impossible for Mark Zuckerberg, though. Donald Trump has shown that the American people have a great appetite for getting rid of the experts in politics, and trying new things.

3. Simon Harvey:

   It looks like risk appetite is in better support today. Expectations go back to the idea of a swift fiscal U.S. stimulus, there is an ongoing understanding that there is support for a large fiscal stimulus and wide bipartisan support in the Senate, as opposed to a lengthy reconciliation process.

4. Jody Thomas:

   China has a voracious appetite and will stop at nothing to feed itself, and the Arctic is one of the last domains and regions left, and we have to understand it and exploit it — and more quickly than they can exploit it, nobody would invest the kind of money inbuilding up the military capacity in the Arcticwithout reason, intent or purpose.

5. Jacqueline Chan:

   Sovereign wealth funds are well placed to make large bets... given their deep access to capital and their risk appetite for growth investments.