craver
One who longs
A craver is someone who craves—who feels intense desire or longing for something.
The word appears most often in combination: thrill-craver, attention-craver, sugar-craver.
On its own, it suggests someone prone to powerful wants: He's a craver by nature, never satisfied with what he has.
Intense prolonged craving
- piningAching with prolonged desire
- nostalgiaLonging for the past
- homesicknessLonging for one's dwelling
- wistfulnessTender sadness for absence
melancholy · ache · desire · wish · hope · dream · aspiration · languish
Intense emotional warmth
- devotionDeep, loyal commitment
- infatuationShort-lived intense attraction
- enthusiasmIntense eager enjoyment
- fervorIntense emotional intensity
zeal · love · romance · desire · affection · fondness · lust · smitten
Impossible to satisfy
- voraciousExtremely eager to consume
- ravenousExtremely hungry, insatiable
- desperateDriven by urgent need
- ferventIntensely and sincerely felt
ardent · impatient · eager · avid · keen · burning · hungry · thirsty
Act of taking away
- dependenceState of needing another
- rehabilitationRecovery from injury/addiction
- relapseReturn to former illness
- recoveryRegaining what was lost
compulsion · detoxification · tolerance · intervention · therapy · enabler · substance · habituation
hunger
Need for nourishment
hankering · itch · taste · want · need · longing · appetite · gourmand · foodie · indulgence
yearning
Intense prolonged craving
- piningAching with prolonged desire
- nostalgiaLonging for the past
- homesicknessLonging for one's dwelling
wistfulness · melancholy · ache · desire · wish · hope · dream · aspiration · languish · sigh
ardor
Intense emotional warmth
- devotionDeep, loyal commitment
- infatuationShort-lived intense attraction
- enthusiasmIntense eager enjoyment
fervor · zeal · love · romance · desire · affection · fondness · lust · smitten · besotted
insatiable
Impossible to satisfy
- voraciousExtremely eager to consume
- ravenousExtremely hungry, insatiable
- desperateDriven by urgent need
fervent · ardent · impatient · eager · avid · keen · burning · hungry · thirsty · greedy
withdrawal
Act of taking away
- dependenceState of needing another
- rehabilitationRecovery from injury/addiction
- relapseReturn to former illness
recovery · compulsion · detoxification · tolerance · intervention · therapy · enabler · substance · habituation · methadone
- food cravingStrong urge to eat
- sugar cravingsDesire for sugary foods
- late night craving
- salt cravingsUrge for salty foods