APPETITES Synonyms: 42 Similar and Opposite Words

appetites

noun

plural of appetite

as in likings

positive regard for something he has expensive appetites

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Recent Examples of appetites Kelley is much more interested in Taylor’s appetites—for food, for men, for feuds—than in the nuances of her acting. — Literary Hub, 27 Aug. 2026 And the outlook for future profits is strong, if fans’ appetites are any gauge. — Los Angeles Times, 21 Aug. 2026 But in the eyes of investors, the robot maker is the more exciting bet, as appetites shift to AI and hardware, and away from e-commerce and internet platforms. — Nicholas Gordon, Fortune, 17 Aug. 2026 Sunflower stars are such voracious consumers of sea urchins that the Friday Harbor sea star lab struggles to keep up with their appetites. — John Ryan, NPR, 16 Aug. 2026 The annual dining crawl features two routes with at least 10 stops, though those with big appetites can choose to do both. — Samantha Nelson, Chicago Tribune, 3 Aug. 2026 Things have changed, and the market has started to punish big tech companies with seemingly endless appetites for more compute. — Zev Fima, CNBC, 30 July 2026 The data centers’ appetites, however, aren’t fully sated with power alone. — Alicia Wallace, CNN Money, 28 July 2026 Snack manufacturers and alcohol producers are facing the prospect of reduced appetites. — Elyse Moody, Architectural Digest, 27 July 2026

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Noun

Roughly 450 users reacted with likes or hearts, while about 480 responded with laughing emojis, underscoring the divided response.

— Anthony Thompson, USA Today, 3 Sep. 2026
As a psychologist who works with teens, Sophia Choukas-Bradley has heard from clients who spend an hour after having posted on social media obsessively refreshing their screens, watching their likes accumulate.

— Angela Yang, NBC news, 1 Sep. 2026

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Noun

Anyone displaying such pedestrian tastes would immediately be expelled from the room.

— David Denby, New Yorker, 31 Aug. 2026
Founded in 1542 and morphing into a commercial capital for western Mexico, Guadalajara was, for much of its history, small in scale and spartan in its tastes.

— Michael Snyder, Condé Nast Traveler, 31 Aug. 2026

Definition of tastes

Noun

Two of Zohran Mamdani’s enthusiasms — better bus service and soccer — have, in the World Cup, found their moment of zingy cross-pollination.

— Christopher Bonanos, Curbed, 4 June 2026
The movie thus offers a complaint about the end results of Putinism, not about the ideas—the emotions, the enthusiasms, the resentments, the hatreds—that brought it about.

— Richard Brody, New Yorker, 13 May 2026

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