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jones

9.3

A strong desire for something you want a lot, like food or an activity

noun
/dʒoʊnz/

Slang

: antojo

After months of dieting, Jane had a serious jones for chocolate cake.

Examples

He developed a jones for travel after seeing photos of exotic places.
My friend always has a jones for new video games when a popular title is released.
He has thrilled us with intrepid escapades in archaeology, feeding our Jones for adventure.

Synonyms

addiction

vsjones

289 4.1

A strong harmful need to keep using a drug or activity even when you cannot stop

is informal and names a craving that feels extreme yet may be less harmful

craving

vsjones

78 3.7

A very strong desire for things like food or cigarettes

feels like an addictive need rather than a plain desire

compulsion

vsjones

40 6.7

A strong urge to do something that is hard to control

focuses on a strong desire feeling not primarily an urge to act

hankering

vsjones

11 6.6

A strong wish to have or do something

is informal and suggests an addictive urgent need rather than a gentle longing

yen

vsjones

5 7.5

A strong desire for something

is informal and often suggests an addictive type of need

appetency

vsjones

9.9

A strong wish to have or try something

is informal and implies an addictive intense need rather than a general desire

hungriness

vsjones

5.9

A strong desire to get or achieve something

is informal and implies an addictive wanting rather than mere intensity

Antonyms

indifference

71 4.6

Lack of interest or concern about something

disinterest

5 5.8

Not feeling interested in something, like a talk or task

Compounds

Dow Jones

224 4.2

A number showing the average price of stocks in 30 large US companies

Dow Jones Industrial Average

41 3.9

A number showing how the stock prices of 30 large US companies are doing

Dow-Jones Industrial Average

4 4.4

A measure that shows how 30 large American company stocks are doing

Davy Jones

Literature

2 9.9

A deep place under the sea thought to be where drowned sailors go

How Strong

addiction

289 4.1

jones

Slang

9.3

craving

78 3.7

desire

∞ 1.6

liking

1 1.0

Surface Forms

jones singular

joneses plural

Etymology

Jones started as U.S. slang and probably comes from the common name Jones, which people used for someone with an addiction. So a jones came to mean a strong, almost 'addictive' craving.