Synonyms and antonyms of Hunger and hungry in British Thesaurus

hunger (noun)

a lack of food that can cause illness or death, especially among large numbers of people

the hungry (adjective)

feeling that you want to eat

appetite (noun)

the natural feeling of wanting to eat

ravenous (adjective)

very hungry

starving (adjective)

informal very hungry

starvation (noun)

a situation in which a person or animal suffers or dies because they do not have enough to eat

famine (noun)

a serious lack of food that continues for a long time and causes many people in a country to become ill or die

water (verb)

if your mouth waters when you see food, smell food, or think about food, saliva begins to form in your mouth because you are hungry

peckish (adjective)

informal slightly hungry

on an empty stomach ()

if you do something on an empty stomach, you do it without eating anything before

dying of boredom/hunger/thirst etc ()

feeling very bored/hungry/thirsty etc

famished (adjective)

informal very hungry

gurgle (verb)

if your stomach gurgles, it makes a long low sound, usually because you are hungry

have/get the munchies (American)

Americaninformal to have/get a sudden feeling that you want to eat something

hunger (noun)

the feeling that you have when you need to eat something

hungry (adjective)

without the food you need to stay strong and healthy

the hungry (adjective)

the people in the world who do not have enough to eat

I could eat a horse ()

used for saying that you are very hungry

I could murder something ()

used to say that you really want to eat or drink something

off your food ()

not hungry because you are ill or unhappy

ravening (adjective)

literary very hungry

rumble (verb)

if your stomach rumbles, it makes noises because you are hungry

starved (adjective)

informal very hungry

underfed (adjective)

not given enough food