crave

Questions about crave

What does crave mean?

crave means "have a craving, appetite, or great desire for". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in crave?

crave has 1 syllable: crave. In IPA it is /ˈkɹeɪv/.

What is another word for crave?

Close synonyms include hunger, thirst, starve, lust. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is crave a common word?

crave is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.