Synonyms for crave
kreɪvcrave

English Synonyms and AntonymsRate these synonyms:3.0 / 2 votes

1. crave

   One asks what he feels that he may fairly claim and reasonably expect; "if a son shall ask bread of any of you that is a father," Luke xi, 11; he begs for that to which he advances no claim but pity. Demand is a determined and often an arrogant word; one may rightfully demand what is his own or his due, when it is withheld or denied; or he may wrongfully demand that to which he has no claim but power. Require is less arrogant and obtrusive than demand, but is exceedingly strenuous; as, the court requires the attendance of witnesses. Entreat implies a special earnestness of asking, and beseech, a still added and more humble intensity; beseech was formerly often used as a polite intensive for beg or pray; as, I beseech you to tell me. To implore is to ask with weeping and lamentation; to supplicate is to ask, as it were, on bended knees. Crave and request are somewhat formal terms; crave has almost disappeared from conversation; request would seem distant between parent and child. Pray is now used chiefly of address to the Supreme Being; petition is used of written request to persons in authority; as, to petition the legislature to pass an act, or the governor to pardon an offender.

   Synonyms:
   ask, beg, beseech, demand, entreat, implore, petition, pray, request, require, solicit, supplicate

   Antonyms:
   claim, command, deny, enforce, exact, extort, insist, refuse, reject

   Preposition:
   Ask a person for a thing; ask a thing of or from a person; ask after or about one's health, welfare, friends, etc.

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1. crave

   Synonyms:
   intreat, implore, beg, ask, beseech, supplicate, cry

   Antonyms:
   demand, insist, require, seize

Princeton's WordNetRate these synonyms:3.3 / 4 votes

1. crave, hunger, thirst, starve, lustverb

   have a craving, appetite, or great desire for

   Synonyms:
   lust, hunger, thirst, famish, starve

2. craveverb

   plead or ask for earnestly

   Synonyms:
   lust, hunger, thirst, starve

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1. craveverb

   Synonyms:
   entreat, beseech, beg, solicit, implore, supplicate

2. craveverb

   Synonyms:
   desire, long for, hanker after, wish for, yearn for

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1. craveverb

   Synonyms:
   long for, yearn for, hanker after, beseech, entreat, implore

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How to use crave in a sentence?

1. Julie Rish:

   People don't crave carrots or celery, they crave chocolate or ice cream.

2. So I Married an Axe Murderer:

   Charlie Dad, how can you hate The Colonel Stuart Because he puts an addictive chemical in his chicken that makes ya crave it fortnightly, smartass

3. George Will:

   We know next to nothing about virtually everything. It is not necessary to know the origin of the universe it is necessary to want to know. Civilization depends not on any particular knowledge, but on the disposition to crave knowledge.

4. Martin Luther King, Jr.:

   Success, recognition, and conformity are the bywords of the modern world where everyone seems to crave the anesthetizing security of being identified with the majority.

5. Lana Wachowski:

   The summer is built around familiarity, many cultural critics who shape awareness for films are obsessed with sequels and derivative material. They wildly crave it. That kind of environment is hostile to originality. It only makes space for derivative material and rejects originality. I think Warner Bros. was uncomfortable with that environment.