thirster

9.9

A person who wants something very much

noun
/ˈθɜrstər/

: ansioso

She was a thirster after knowledge, spending hours each night reading and researching new subjects.

Examples

Among treasure hunters, he quickly earned a reputation as a thirster for fortune and adventure.
Many thirsters for success often work late hours.
In those troubled times, many became thirsters after justice, demanding change from their leaders.
She is a true thirster for knowledge.
He is a thirster for knowledge, always seeking new information and experiences.
During the training camp, she became a thirster for improvement, pushing herself to train harder every day.
As a thirster for adventure, he traveled to distant lands, eager to explore unfamiliar cultures.

Synonyms

wanter

vsthirster

1 8.3

A person who wishes to have something

is a much stronger, eager or intense form of desire

yearner

vsthirster

7.6

A person who strongly wants something they do not have

is more eager and urgent in desire than deep longing

hankerer

vsthirster

9.0

A person who strongly wants something they do not have

is driven by eagerness and intensity rather than repeated persistence

How Eager

fanatic

8 4.3

thirster

9.9

enthusiast

81 3.4

observer

305 2.8

Surface Forms

thirster singular

thirsters plural

Morphology

thirster = thirst (transparent) = thirst + er

Regular agentive formation from the verb 'thirst' with productive suffix '-er'; the meaning 'one who desires' is directly inferable.

Etymology

The word thirster comes from the simple word thirst ('a strong need or desire') plus the ending -er meaning 'person who', so imagine someone who wants something as badly as they want water — a thirster is a person with an eager, intense desire for something.