thirst

1. 1.

   feel the need to drink

   Broaderache
2. 2.

   have a craving, appetite, or great desire for

   Synonymscravehungerstarvelust

   Broaderdesire

Other forms of thirst

plural

thirsts·

past tense

thirsted·

present participle

thirsting·

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 thirst

What does thirst mean?

thirst means "a physiological need to drink". That is the primary sense; the word has 4 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in thirst?

thirst has 1 syllable: thirst. In IPA it is /ˈθɝst/.

What is another word for thirst?

Close synonyms include thirstiness, hunger, hungriness, thirstiness, crave. 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 thirst a common word?

thirst 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.