lust after

1. 1.

   have a strong sexual desire for

   “he is lusting after his secretary”

   Synonymslech after

   Broaderdesire

Questions about lust after

What does lust after mean?

lust after means "have a strong sexual desire for".

What is another word for lust after?

Close synonyms include lech after. 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 after a common word?

lust after is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.