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to jones

to jones

9.9
To have a strong desire for something you want a lot
  • verb
  • /dʒoʊnz/
  • Slang
translation icon : desear
  • She joneses for a vacation every summer.

Examples

  • She started to jones for her favorite snack as soon as she saw the commercial.

  • Many people jones for a vacation when work gets stressful.

  • After quitting coffee, he would jones for a cup every morning.

  • I jones for chocolate cake.

  • After quitting coffee, he would jones for a cup every morning.

  • Many people jones for a vacation when work gets stressful.

  • She started to jones for her favorite snack as soon as she saw the commercial.

Synonyms

to crave
vsto jones
103 3.8

To want something very much

is a repeated or habitual longing rather than a one time urge
to lust
vsto jones
  • NSFW
30 6.3

To want something very strongly, often something forbidden

is about habitual strong wanting rather than desire for forbidden things
to can't get enough of
vsto jones
  • Informal
24 5.2

To like something so much that you always want more of it

is more about intense habitual craving rather than simple enjoyment driven want
to hunger
vsto jones
11 3.9

To want something very much, often food or success

is a general strong longing not limited to food or achievement
to thirst
vsto jones
8 5.2

To have a strong wish for something

is a habitual intense craving rather than mainly a figurative yearning
to hanker
vsto jones
5 7.4

To want something very much for a long time

is often intense and habit driven rather than a calm long yearning
to lust after
vsto jones
  • Informal
3 6.2

To want something very strongly, especially power or fame

is a habitual intense wanting rather than mainly a figurative phrase

Antonyms

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

to obsess
304 5.5
to yearn
92 4.9
to jones
  • Slang
9.9
to crave
103 3.8
to desire
446 1.6
to want
∞ 1.0
to like
∞ 1.0

Surface Forms

jones infinitive
jonesing present participle
joneses third person singular

Etymology

Jones (verb) comes from the same slang noun. To jones for something is to feel a strong, almost 'addictive' craving for it.