crave

OXFORD DICTIONARY

THESAURUS

crave

ache, adjure, appeal, appeal to, apply for, ask, ask for, aspire after, beg, beg leave, beseech, bespeak, brace, call for, call for help, call on, call upon, choose, clamor for, conjure, covet, crave after, crawl after, cry for, cry on, cry to, demand, desiderate, desire, dream, entreat, file for, hanker, hanker after, hunger, hunger after, impetrate, implore, importune, imprecate, indent, invoke, kneel to, lust, lust after, make a request, make a requisition, make application, necessitate, obtest, order, pant after, pine, plead, plead for, pray, put in for, request, require, requisition, run mad after, run to, sigh, supplicate, take, thirst, thirst after, want, whistle for, wish

ROGET THESAURUS

crave

Request

VB request, ask, beg, crave, sue, pray, petition, solicit, invite, pop the question, make bold to ask, beg leave, beg a boon, apply to, call to, put to, call upon, call for, make a request, address a request, prefer a request, put up a request, make a prayer, address a prayer, prefer a prayer, put up a prayer, make a petition, address a petition, prefer a petition, put up a petition, make application, make a requisition, ask trouble, ask one for, claim, offer up prayers, whistle for, beg hard, entreat, beseech, plead, supplicate, implore, conjure, adjure, obtest, cry to, kneel to, appeal to, invoke, evoke, impetrate, imprecate, ply, press, urge, beset, importune, dun, tax, clamor for, cry aloud, cry for help, fall on one's knees, throw oneself at the feet of, come down on one's marrowbones, beg from door to door, send the hat round, go a begging, mendicate, mump, cadge, beg one's bread, dance attendance on, besiege, knock at the door, bespeak, canvass, tout, make interest, court, seek, bid for, publish the banns.