lust

1. 1.

   have a craving, appetite, or great desire for

   Synonymscravehungerthirststarve

   Broaderdesire

Other forms of lust

plural

lusts·

past tense

lusted·

present participle

lusting·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about lust

What does lust mean?

lust means "a strong sexual desire". That is the primary sense; the word has 3 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in lust?

lust has 1 syllable: lust. In IPA it is /ˈlʌst/.

What is another word for lust?

Close synonyms include lecherousness, lustfulness, luxuria, crave, hunger. 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 lust a common word?

lust is banded "Common" — everyday vocabulary in speech and writing. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

What rhymes with lust?

1 word rhymes with lust. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.