appetite

About 6.37 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. noun A desire to eat food or consume drinks.
2. noun Any strong desire; an eagerness or longing.
3. noun The desire for some personal gratification, either of the body or of the mind.

   appetite for reading

Similar words

appetency appetence hungry hunger flavour flavor taste thirsty starvation lust

Often followed by

for and is of was to or in that

Word family

appetites appetitive