1. A physiological need to drink
   "After the long hike, their thirst was overwhelming";
   - thirstiness
    
2. Strong desire for something (not food or drink)
   "a thirst for knowledge";
   - hunger, hungriness, thirstiness

1. Feel the need to drink
   "The runners thirsted for water after the marathon"
    
2. Have a craving, appetite, or great desire for
   "He thirsted after power and wealth";
   - crave, hunger, starve [informal], lust

Derived forms: thirsts, thirsted, thirsting

Type of: ache, desire, drive, hurt, smart, want

Encyclopedia: Thirst