Synonyms for starve

Synonyms for (verb) starve

Synonyms: starve, famish

Definition: die of food deprivation

Usage: The political prisoners starved to death; Many famished in the countryside during the drought

Similar words: snuff it, buy the farm, choke, cash in one's chips, pop off, kick the bucket, give-up the ghost, go, pass, pass away, perish, die, decease, conk, drop dead, croak, exit, expire

Definition: pass from physical life and lose all bodily attributes and functions necessary to sustain life

Usage: She died from cancer; The children perished in the fire; The patient went peacefully; The old guy kicked the bucket at the age of 102


Synonyms: famish, starve

Definition: deprive of food

Usage: They starved the prisoners

Similar words: deprive

Definition: keep from having, keeping, or obtaining


Synonyms: starve

Definition: deprive of a necessity and cause suffering

Usage: he is starving her of love; The engine was starved of fuel

Similar words: deprive

Definition: keep from having, keeping, or obtaining


Synonyms: starve, hunger, famish

Definition: be hungry; go without food

Usage: Let's eat--I'm starving!

Similar words: hurt, suffer

Definition: feel pain or be in pain


Synonyms: thirst, starve, lust, crave, hunger

Definition: have a craving, appetite, or great desire for

Similar words: desire, want

Definition: feel or have a desire for; want strongly

Usage: I want to go home now; I want my own room


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