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

1 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

18 4.3

thirster

9.9

enthusiast

81 3.4

observer

265 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.