Synonyms of the word

yearn

• v. (intransitive, construed with for) To long, have a strong desire (for something).
• v. (intransitive, construed with for) To long for something in the past with melancholy, nostalgically.
• v. (intransitive) To be pained or distressed; to grieve; to mourn.
• v. (transitive) To pain; to grieve; to vex.
• v. (Scotland) To curdle, as milk.
• n. (nonstandard) yen; yearning.

ache

• v. (intransitive) To suffer pain; to be the source of, or be in, pain, especially continued dull pain; to…
• v. (transitive, literary, rare) To cause someone or something to suffer pain.
• n. Continued dull pain, as distinguished from sudden twinges, or spasmodic pain.
• n. (obsolete) Parsley.
• n. Rare spelling of aitch.

cherish

• v. To treat with tenderness, care and affection; to nurture or protect with care.
• v. To hold dear, to have a deep appreciation of.
• v. (obsolete) To cheer, gladden.

desire

• v. To want; to wish for earnestly.
• v. To put a request to (someone); to entreat.
• v. To want emotionally or sexually.
• v. To express a wish for; to entreat; to request.
• v. To require; to demand; to claim.
• v. To miss; to regret.
• n. (countable) Someone or something wished for.
• n. (uncountable) Strong attraction, particularly romantic or sexual.
• n. (uncountable) Motivation.
• n. (uncountable) The feeling of desire.

hanker

• v. To crave, want or desire.

languish

• v. (intransitive) To lose strength and become weak; to be in a state of weakness or sickness.
• v. (intransitive) To pine away in longing for something; to have low spirits, especially from lovesickness.
• v. (intransitive) To live in miserable or disheartening conditions.
• v. (intransitive) To be neglected; to make little progress, be unsuccessful.
• v. (transitive, obsolete) To make weak; to weaken, devastate.
• v. (intransitive, now rare) To affect a languid air, especially disingenuously.

long

• adj. Having much distance from one terminating point on an object or an area to another terminating point (usually…
• adj. Having great duration.
• adj. Seemingly lasting a lot of time, because it is boring or tedious or tiring.
• adj. (Britain, dialect) Not short; tall.
• adj. (finance) Possessing or owning stocks, bonds, commodities or other financial instruments with the aim…
• adj. (cricket) Of a fielding position, close to the boundary (or closer to the boundary than the equivalent…
• adj. (tennis, of a ball or a shot) That land beyond the baseline (and therefore is out).
• adj. Occurring or coming after an extended interval; distant in time; far away.
• adv. Over a great distance in space.
• adv. For a particular duration.
• adv. For a long duration.
• n. (linguistics) A long vowel.
• n. (programming) A long integer variable, twice the size of an int, two or four times the size of a short,…
• n. (finance) An entity with a long position in an asset.
• n. (music) A note formerly used in music, one half the length of a large, twice that of a breve.
• v. (transitive, finance) To take a long position in.
• v. (intransitive) To await, aspire, desire greatly (something to occur or to be true).
• adj. (archaic) On account of, because of.
• v. (archaic) To be appropriate to, to pertain or belong to.
• n. longitude.

pine

• n. (countable, uncountable) Any coniferous tree of the genus Pinus.
• n. (countable) Any tree (usually coniferous) which resembles a member of this genus in some respect.
• n. (uncountable) The wood of this tree.
• n. (archaic except South Africa) A pineapple.
• n. (archaic) A painful longing.
• v. To feel irritated; to reflect on a problem. ; to think something over.
• v. To languish; to lose flesh or wear away through distress; to droop.
• v. (intransitive) To long, to yearn so much that it causes suffering.
• v. (transitive) To grieve or mourn for.
• v. (transitive) To inflict pain upon; to torment; to torture; to afflict.

treasure

• n. (uncountable) A collection of valuable things; accumulated wealth; a stock of money, jewels, etc.
• n. (countable) Anything greatly valued.
• n. (countable) A term of endearment.
• v. (transitive, of a person or thing) To consider to be precious.
• v. (transitive) To store or stow in a safe place.

want

• v. (transitive) To wish for or to desire (something).
• v. (intransitive, now dated) To be lacking, not to exist.
• v. (transitive) To lack, not to have (something).
• v. (transitive, colloquially with verbal noun as object) To be in need of; to require (something).
• v. (intransitive, dated) To be in a state of destitution; to be needy; to lack.
• n. (countable) A desire, wish, longing.
• n. (countable, often followed by of) Lack, absence.
• n. (uncountable) Poverty.
• n. Something needed or desired; a thing of which the loss is felt.
• n. (Britain, mining) A depression in coal strata, hollowed out before the subsequent deposition took place.

yearn

• v. (intransitive, construed with for) To long, have a strong desire (for something).
• v. (intransitive, construed with for) To long for something in the past with melancholy, nostalgically.
• v. (intransitive) To be pained or distressed; to grieve; to mourn.
• v. (transitive) To pain; to grieve; to vex.
• v. (Scotland) To curdle, as milk.
• n. (nonstandard) yen; yearning.

yen

• n. The unit of Japanese currency (symbol: ¥) since 1871, divided into 100 sen.
• n. A coin or note worth one yen.
• n. A strong desire, urge, or yearning.
• v. (transitive) To have a strong desire for.
• n. Opium.