Synonyms for
Starve
Definition
To suffer or die from hunger.
Synonyms & similar words
Synonyms by register
Antonyms
Common collocations
- starve to death
- starve the beast
- starve the economy
- starve the system
- starve the engine
- starve the process
Word family
Usage note
Primarily used to describe dying from lack of food. Can also be used figuratively to mean lacking something essential, often in a negative context like 'starving the arts'.
Example sentences
- If you don't eat your dinner, you will go to bed hungry and might starve.
- Many people in the world starve because they don't have enough food.
- When you are lost in the wilderness, you might have to find food or starve.
- It's important to have enough food to eat so you don't starve.
- If you don't feed your pet, it might starve.
Quotes
The only thing that comes to a sleeping man is dreams. So, if you want to be successful, wake up and work. -Unknown
Do what you can, with what you have, where you are. -Theodore Roosevelt
Believe you can and you're halfway there. -Theodore Roosevelt